Using government to artificially raise the price of goods isn't going to help us, it's going to lower are living standards.
I guess that government interference in foreign trade being bad only applies to the US government. Every foreign government gets a pass becuase they subsidize exports to drive American industry out of teh market place so they can then exercise monoply or political power from the end result.
Now I challenged you before to rpovide some quantitative evidence that a tariff does not provide a net benefit to teh USA I have previuously provided you a link to a multiple regression analysis showing a tariff did provide a benefit net to the USA. There are others. If your statement is true about a tariff lowering teh standard of living then someone should be able to back it up with evidence.
The government is already being used to artificially raise the price of goods manufactured in America. Switching to a tariff based revenue system, rather than an income based one, would take away the economic bias against American manufacturing and put that bias on foreign manufacturers instead. Is there a reason that you prefer having the economic bias against American manufacturers rather than the Chicom manufacturers?
That is the most thoughtless statement I have read so far. Do you think taxes and regulation don't impose costs on products?
If I have one million dollars to spend on stuff, and I spend it all on foreign made junk, how are your living standards improved? If everyone spends all of their money on foreign made goods, how is your living standard improved? Now compare that to what if I and many other people bought things from you, now is your standard of living going to be effected? Or are you retired or on welfare and live off the pillage of other people?