Tariffs today, free speech a month before the election tomorrow, guns the next day, warrentless search and seizure the day after.
While we're at it think of the money the Pentagon could save if we could only quarter troops in private housing...
You've made a distinction without a difference, IMHO...
YEs, tariffs would be as bad as curtailling free speech, removing guns from honest citizens or giving fascist powers to the police.