[Racehorse]

Disprove" Smith? I embrace him, especially the following from Book Four, Chapter Two (say, isn't that what you claim to have read?):

Oh, crude.  You neither embrace nor have read that chapter.  Had you read it you would be arguing something quite different.  It is more than okay to claim I do not understand what I have read.  There is always the chance I may not have understood it.  That does happen.  But first, you must read the material.

What does Smith say about tariffs?

[1rudeboy]

Gosh, you are dense. Smith said that tariffs are acceptable in specific circumstances. To claim that it makes him a protectionist is the height of absurdity. What is with you guys, anyway? Have you never met a free-marketeer that believes in tariffs in the name of national security? Are you so accustomed to tilting at windmills, and arguments of your own creation, that you cannot see the obvious?