Saved Harley Davidson at the expense of everyone who wished to purchase something other than Harley Davidson. But that’s the point of most taxes on imports. To protect favored businesses at the expense of other business.
So Harley wasn’t worth a 35% premium over Jap bikes back then was it? So why didn’t all the Harley fans just voluntarily suck it up and pay 35% more and let the rest of America enjoy cheap Jap bikes.
Of course Harley used those profits wisely by investing in overseas parts suppliers. So its a great idea to force the purchase of Harley bikes but Harley should not be forced to buy American? http://nypost.com/2014/07/22/harley-shares-fall-after-admitting-foreign-parts-hold-up-new-bikes/
My point was his namesake did the very same thing.