Conservatives were sold a bill of goods by Wall Street, that global business not subject to borders, trade laws or national sovereignty is somehow beneficial. Beneficial to whom is the question?
Tariffs once were the vehicle used to primarily fund our USA government...not income taxes. They were enacted so we could become more indebted to central banks and foreign governments. Tariffs also provided incentives for foreign nations that wanted access to our markets to build their products here. Americans working in good paying manufacturing jobs provided the tax revenue to keep the national debt at bay and also the revenue to fund national security and 1st world infrastructure. Americans receiving Section 8, welfare, unemployment, and inviting in more cheap labor make us a weak indebted country.
Today I believe we have created a corrupt 2-Party government run by big money not by officials that vote their honest opinions and conscience. Big money would prefer a world of non-sovereign nations where their money buys policy.
” Tariffs also provided incentives for foreign nations that wanted access to our markets to build their products here. “
and tariffs also protect the industrial base in case of a war.