"Certain industries cannot compete with foreign producers because of lower foreign wages and cost of living abroad...we pledge [tariffs] so American labor may command the home market, maintain its standard of living and count upon steady employment." --Herbert Hoover, 1930
Yeah - that was fantastic. It was really great how those economic policies made a bad situation worse, got FDR elected four times, opened the door to entitlements, and set the stage for the most destructive war in human history.