None of the measures will bring about the needed change alone. There is no singular thing to fix that can make manufacturing return to the USA, and certainly raising tariffs by itself will not do it; it will instead make investment and business abandon the USA as a failed state if the high taxes, draconian regulations and welfare state are left in place, because that would be the last straw (it’s also a currency killer).
I also didn’t say that the necessary measures can occur simultaneously; but once the jobs actually come back when enough occur at once, then the welfare state will have to be given a sudden curtailment to make those jobs get filled.
I seem to recall bringing up the fact that tariffs were the federal government’s primary source of income before income taxes were foisted on the populace. That’s another measure that needs to be addressed.
However, the social structure has been damaged almost beyond repair. No strong families, no embrace of right values, and there will be no recovery either way, because the higher power will be against us.
There will still be demand from the U.S. consumers and businesses. We are the largest consumer market. Nobody is going to abandon us if we raise import tariffs.
And as far as the currency, what really weakens our currency is high unenmployment, and high government debt associated with that unemployment. Return industry and employment, and you'll see the nation's balance sheet imporve dramatically. And our currently will be just fine.
You may be right about the social values affecting God's blessing of our nation. But it's kind of a two way street. The economic stress takes it's toll on families and contributes to the social decay. We lowered the tariffs about the same time we kicked prayer out of schools. It may be that God is withholding wisdom from our leaders because of their social stands.