>>It is the Northeast that has been historically most associated with protectionism. It is also the area where the notion of forcing all Americans--regardless of the values in their respective States--to live according to various forms of regimented centrally decreed values--have all originated.<<
That is quite true. The protectionist economic policies that the North Eastern elites imposed on the South through high tarrifs, was a major contributory factor to the Civil War.
Even on the issue of slavery, so many people today are ignorant of the fact that, the main reason why Northerners opposed slavery was because of the threat it posed to free white labor in the North, rather than genuine concern over the fate of the slaves.
Posters like #3Fan, ignore the fact that states in the American West, in Washington State, Oregon, and elsewhere, had laws preventing blacks from moving into those states. It was also in those Northern states, that the most vigorous efforts were made, to exclude Chinese immigrants from America.
That is quite true. The protectionist economic policies that the North Eastern elites imposed on the South through high tarrifs, was a major contributory factor to the Civil War. You're forgetting that it was the South that pushed for tariffs in the first place because of Indian cotton.
Even on the issue of slavery, so many people today are ignorant of the fact that, the main reason why Northerners opposed slavery was because of the threat it posed to free white labor in the North, rather than genuine concern over the fate of the slaves.
The framers of the Constitution didn't want slavery if I remember correctly but had to compromise with the southern representatives and included it in the constitution.
Posters like #3Fan, ignore the fact that states in the American West, in Washington State, Oregon, and elsewhere, had laws preventing blacks from moving into those states.
Forget? No. I agree that people don't like excessive immigration disprupting their communities. If the South hadn't had slavery there would've been no reason for this excessive immigration.
It was also in those Northern states, that the most vigorous efforts were made, to exclude Chinese immigrants from America.
And now certain states are more against Mexican immigration than others. Are they wrong to want to limit Mexican immigration?