No, I am looking at it from a realistic and historic perspective. The current "free" trade/income tax economic model is a huge failure. "Propserity" is an illusion purchased with massive debt and inflation of the money supply. Measuring the greatness of a nation using the consumption rate of cheaply made goods as an indicator is a fool's errand
You would also have supported the steel protectionism. That helped the steel workers, but hit the steel consuming industries hard.
Which is exactly what happens when the "steel consuming" industries get hooked on government subsidized foreign steel and illegal dumping. Inefficient foreign steel plants get propped up, our steel consuming industry gets lazy, and our own production capacity (required for national security) gets wiped out. If I have to choose between steel consuming industries and steel producing industries, I will choose the producers.
Now, your method may have some direct, visible benefits, but the indirect, invisibile benefits would hurt a lot more and the overal effect would be negative.
Again, I have stated facts, and you make another unprovable assertion. Explain in detail (the way I just explained how our steel producing industry is getting wiped out by illegal dumping) how the overall effect is negative. If you post a comeback that ignores my detailed explanation without providing your own, I will take that as an admittance of your defeat.