[Citizen Blade]

Tariffs did not cause the Great Depression, as much as the "free traders" would like you to think they did.

I never said they caused the GD- they just made it worse and caused the recovery to take longer.

[expat_panama]

"...just made it worse and caused the recovery to take longer..."

If trade surpluses were good then why was the big one during the 30's so bad?

Let's face it: tariffs are taxes and taxes take money from us and make us poorer.  Higher tariffs are bad.