[DannyTN]

You will either pay the tariff or you will pay the cost of unemployed Americans through taxes. If you are American, you are already paying the latter. I'd rather be paying the former.

I didn't say that quite right.

1) You can either buy imports without a tariff AND pay for the unemployed Americans through income taxes.

2) Or you can buy imports with a tariff, have lower income taxes, and not have to pay for unemployed Americans.

I like the second one.

[1rudeboy]

As has been explained to you countless times before: if a domestic manufacturer cannot compete making screwdrivers if the market price is $1.00, then, when your tariff raises the market price to $1.10 (to save jobs, dontcha know), the domestic manufacturer will raise the price to $1.09 (if it is smart).

So that's the $0.09 subsidy you expect me to pay (to save jobs, dontcha know) by buying a domestic screwdriver. Well, multiply that 10% across the whole economy. Who is worried about my job because I have less money? Not you.