[caddie]

Skepticism is generally a good thing, but not about tariffs.

They paid for the whole of federal government for the first 140 years or so.

There was no income tax until just 100 years ago because of tariffs making them unnecessary.

America grew in wealth and size like a weed on steroids because of tariffs.

[central_va]

Like all taxes tariffs are bad but income taxes are both bad AND EVIL. Consumption based taxes, like the tariff, are conservative and income taxes are progressive.

Conclusion: The status quo is progressive so if you support the status quo and not the tariffs then you are by default a progressive.

[Sopater]

America grew in wealth and size like a weed on steroids because of tariffs.

The federal government grew like a weed on steroids because of tariffs. The American people, and America itself, grew like a weed because of the work ethic and industriousness of the American people.