It wasn’t just the left that wanted that. The so called Free Trader Conservatives have no problem with it. It is depressing.
And the taxes go up and up as fewer cows are expected to yield more milk.
It’s a slow burn of the country’s static treasure. Because America did so well in the past, that can go on for a while, but eventually we get the seven emaciated cows of bible imagery and re-feeding them will be a GARGANTUAN task.