tarriffs work—ask Harley-Davis. Reagan used this as a way to counter cheap Japanese bikes. AS these folks put heavy tarriffs on our goods now-—its time we slapped taxes on them. To avoid the tax—foreign manufacturing will build factories here and hire Americans. Some Japanese, German companies, do this now. Its about JOBS —for a short time things may well get more expensive—then the forces of capitalistic market will make things cheaper.
It's not really about jobs. It's about different economic cultures.