[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

Maybe you’re right that it will affect the vote, but I don’t think that the solution is European style protectionism.

Since the founders of our Republic saw the wisdom of granting congress the power to levy tariffs and excise taxes (see Article I, Section 8, US constitution), please explain how tariffs constitute "European style protectionism". Are you saying the founders were protectionist?

[Cronos]

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