The protectionist countries are destroying their own economies by locking out other countries' consumer goods. They are raising the cost to their consumers who also happen to be their producers. A country like that can't survive. See what is happening in China.
Say no to government controlled tax increases, a.k.a tariffs in this country. Instead lower corporate taxes, regulations and government spending.
People who believe in free market economics cannot support the importation of unskilled/nonskilled workers and their dependents by unscrupulous operators whose benefits are subsidized at the expense of taxpayers. The minimum wage would rise on its own if there were not enormous downward pressure on entry-level wages caused by the presence of 20+ million illegals. Additionally, their net cost to the economy when support infrastructure, social benefits, and criminal activity are properly accounted for is in the tens of billions. Contrary to the "free marketeers" at WSJ there is no such thing as "free" slave labor, and contrary to the bogus claims of Paul Gigot, et al, illegals are and always have been a net drain on economic activity.
Similarly, people who believe in free markets cannot continue to pretend that the H1B visa program is anything other than a means to undercut the wages of American workers. And the jobs they are taking are absolutely not jobs "Americans will not do." The claim they are jobs Americans cannot do is a reprehensible and obvious lie, especially given the restrictions permitted to employers for the importation of H1B visa holders. It's time for people in Congress to call Silicon Valley and Redmond's bluff: "If you really need to import foreign workers, we'll expand the existing work visa program." Watch how quickly their enthusiasm for H1B's dies when imported foreign workers are able to bid out of their corporations at market competitive wages.
Yeah, protectionism is really hurting Germany.