It's easier to show the idiocy of the claim that tariffs won't raise prices of American products with the example of oil.
If we put a $10,000 tariff on imported autos, will you claim that US produced autos would not increase in price?
The price that the US consumer pays is irrelevant to the Free Traitor. This has been explained to me many times by many a Free Traitor on Free Republic.
Free Traitor speak: A corporation owes its allegiance and exists only to maximize profits for it's share holders ( at least public companies). So if a tariff allows them( a domestic producer) to charge more for their product and they don't lose market share to one of it's domestic competitors and demand stays the same then a corporation benefits from the tariff. Free Traitors should be happy with tariffs.