[DannyTN]

You mean like when Clinton took money from the Chinese and lowered tariffs?

You are confusing protective tariffs which our founding fathers believed in and supported with political favoritism and graft which can occur in any direction possible.

Any increases in costs to consumers are more than offset by the savings that results from Americans going back to work. And there is still competition between American firms to drive the price down.

[rogue yam]

Any increases in costs to consumers are more than offset by the savings that results from Americans going back to work.

So person A's increased costs are "offset" by person B's increased profits? That is exactly what I said: the government is taking money from person A and giving it to person B.

What you fail to explain is why this is any different than what Obama is already doing. After all, when he "saved" GM the losses by the bondholders, dealers, and taxpayers were "offset" by the payoffs to the UAW.