I choose to judge the matter for myself rather than rely on what others say. My opinion is that our country needs to rebuild its manufacturing base for both economic and military reasons, and that this is probably best done using tariffs on industrial and strategic goods. It is not a bad thing to prefer the business of one’s own countrymen by a few percent over foreigners, and, as it is a preferable source of revenue for the government, it could fund a cut in domestic taxation.
it is still a tax increase and I don’t think you can pay for a tax cut by increasing taxes somewhere else. The money won’t show up.
The other problem is that it antagonizes the rest of the world when we should focus on the real bad guys. It makes Columbia and other Latin American countries weaker vs the socialist and drug threat of Venezuela.