[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Where's my proof? We're NOT a small, poor nation anymore

Nice try, but that's not what I asked you to prove. You seem to have forgotten your own statement, or you are just trying to steer the argument away from it, because you have no proof. You postulated that tariffs would no longer work for our nation. THAT is what I asked you to prove. Your statement (in case you forgot):

What worked when we were a small, poor nation in the 1700s will not work in the 2000s...

So, prove it.

[Cronos]

You postulated that tariffs would no longer work for our nation. THAT is what I asked you to prove. Your statement (in case you forgot):

You need to prove that Tariffs WOULD work. They won't.

[Cronos]

How can you say that just because tariffs worked in the 1700s, they would work now? Can't you see that there are incredible differences between those times and these.