[central_va]

• The rest of the world practices protectionism.
• The rest of the world charges really high import duties on our exports to them
• The rest of the world operates with a trade surplus.

So there must be something good about import tariffs.

[econjack]

So there must be something good about import tariffs.

It's like a hidden tax that raises our prices, but first siphons off some money for the gov't so they can use it to buy more votes.