Well, guess what -- even with a tariff in place on imported goods and services, the only way to distribute goods and services is through communism . . .
Apocryphal story from the Great Depression . . .
A high-profile diplomat from the Soviet Union visited New York in the 1930s. He was met at Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) by New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and an entourage of city dignitaries. While leaving the airport in the back of a car with the mayor, he noticed a large group of men shoveling snow on one of the airport runways.
"Why are these men shoveling snow here?" he asked through an interpreter, "I would have thought that here in the U.S. you would do things in a more automated fashion."
LaGuardia told him that the unemployment rate in New York was very high during the Depression, and proudly pointed out that the city had been able to provide 2,000 jobs for men at the airport by having them shovel snow instead of using snow plows.
"That's interesting," the Russian answered, "But if you were to give them all spoons instead of shovels, you could probably hire 100,000 more."
Incorrect. Somewhat incongruous story aside, if no one is working, then no one has purchasing power. If no one has purchasing power, then one must distribute goods and services in the only other model available: Communism.