Protectionism has NEVER worked and does not address the root causes of the REAL issues which are the unfriendly American business environment and weak American competitiveness caused by the skyrocketing costs of doing business due to GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE like taxes, minimum wage, regulation, and unions. Address THAT and business will WANT to return/stay because of cost benefits.
Let the voluntary cooperation of the market economy free of government interference work. All protectionism and tariffs do is layer more government interference upon that which is the root cause to begin with. Useless and counter productive.
Dang when are people around here going to get that the government is NOT their friend but freedom IS their friend. This is site is Free Republic isn’t it? Supposedly “conservatives” right? Since when did so many conservatives get so confused to think the government is their friend and freedom is their enemy?
Sadness.
You appear to be a libertarian. That’s why you can’t think straight....