[Vermont Lt]

You need to go back and read about how effective the tariffs were in the mid thirties.

We need to stop government spending. We need to drop corp. taxes. We need to get out of our foreign wars. We need to get our energy situation squared away. We need to stop babying our population.

Your plan would be ok, if there were still facilities and skilled labor to take up the slack. And, I hope you have a ton of extra income, because the price of everything would double in your world.

[khelus]

... We need to stop government spending. We need to drop corp. taxes. We need to get out of our foreign wars. We need to get our energy situation squared away. We need to stop babying our population. ..

agreed. we also need to stop subsidizing illegals, guest workers, and brand new immigrants.

... Your plan would be ok, if there were still facilities and skilled labor to take up the slack. ...

The facilities we can rebuild; the labor we have. Jobs American can't / won't do is a myth to justify CHEAP labor. Hospital shout shortage of nurses while firing experienced, proven nurses and replacing them with cheap guest workers. Hospitals also will no longer hire new grads because they lack experience. The same in IT, engineering, skilled blue collar work, construction, etc.

FYI even Adam Smith approved of tariffs under certain circumstances.