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The benefits of protectionism:

1. repatriation of industry
2. general increase in economic activity
3. decreasing or no trade deficits
4. balanced Federal budgets
5. higher levels of baseline employment
6. less social stress
7. less political will for socialism
8. increased national security
9. raising interest rate will not crater the economy.

Here are 9 benefits of protectionism, refute them one at a time.

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Here are 9 benefits of protectionism, refute them one at a time.

Nice list. So why not apply this philosophy in spades by simply banning all imports. That would seem to maximize all the benefits you list except for the elimination of the Federal Balanced Budget item.

8 out of 9 is not bad.

You need to explain why this wouldn't work.