The founding fathers put in high import tariffs and they served us well for 180 years. Reducing them was a major mistake that resulted in high unemployment, industry loss, and real wage stagnation.
Absolutely Right. The liberal mainstream media creators of the alternate false universe say the opposite of course but we know here the media lie.
That's how America became the industrial power of the world.
Then Democrat Woodrow Wilson and Democrat FDR and the progressive era decided that the IRS and income taxes would be better for the economy than tariffs. So they amended the Constitution so they can really grow government with the unconstitutional income tax.