[Born to Conserve]

“...free trade...”

Yawn. Protectionism is stupid. What gives protectionism the appearance of a good thing is the massive tax and regulation burden on domestic production. Without this burden, we could blow away the Chinese. They are manufacturing amateurs compared to the U.S.

[editor-surveyor]

“Protectionism” is imaginary.

It exists in the minds of the foolish and the greedy.

We must limit our trade to our moral/cultural peers, and reject all others.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Yawn. Protectionism is stupid. What gives protectionism the appearance of a good thing is the massive tax and regulation burden on domestic production. Without this burden, we could blow away the Chinese. They are manufacturing amateurs compared to the U.S."

EGGSactly Batman!

It always amazes me that the tariff/protectionist crowd what to the fix the problem that was caused by the government instituting useless regulations and high taxes by having the government create more useless regulations and even higher taxes.

[MrEdd]

People who utterly lack the very minimal intellect required to see that certain manufacturing, agricultural, and energy production capacities have to be maintained for a society to be able to preserve itself in time of war are really laughable when they denigrate the mental functionality of others.

America needs to revive her steel, refining, and shipbuilding capacities at the very least.

If protectionism is needed, then do it.

[central_va]

Virtually ever founding “father” believed in tariffs.