[samuel_adams_us]

No, and I didn't say anyone did.

[DugwayDuke]

Then why did you support tarriffs to protect jobs? They are nothing more than a tool to increase prices to subsidize jobs.

The whole "fair trade" tarriff argument says that it is perfectly legitimate to increase the costs of foreign goods and services to the level of comparable domestic goods and services to switch consumer preferences to domestic supplies. Wealth transfer from one segment of the population to another is inherent to protective tarriffs. When you call for protective tarriffs you are calling for wealth transfer from one segment to another. Call this "job subsidies" or call it "welfare", it is what it is.