You left out part of the situation:
China.
Now the world’s biggest exporter.
A lot of what China exports, are formerly America products which are exported right back to America.
All we did was get rid of the America portion of manufacturing. Likewise, making China stronger.
Enough. Bring back American manufacturing.
We can’t blame China for the fact that, after we kicked out our manufacturers, they found somewhere to go.
The solution is to stop kicking out our manufacturers in the first place.
Somebody will blow a gasket when I say this - Oh well.
You’re on the right track. Take it one step further.
Eliminate corporate and personal income taxes altogether.
Replace them with tariffs. The nation survived over a hundred years that way and we can do it again.
(There is no “corporate” tax that isn’t paid in one way or another by the consumer anyway. And the personal income tax is used mostly as a social engineering tool.)
And as a side note, thanks to you, jfd1776 for showing exactly how the blogger’s forum was meant to be used. Full posting of your work is appreciated.