Talking out your @$$ again I see. Tarriffs have zero effect on those who do not purchase foreign made products. Maybe bringing our manufacturing base back home would be a REALLY good thing. I, for one, know it would. Papa Bush can take his "NEW WORLD ORDER" BS and shove it!
@Timber Rattler is right, and you are stone dead wrong on this,
@Bigun You have *very little* that is not effected by imports. Nearly literally nothing. You may drive a Ford or a Chevy, but much of that truck, from subcomponents all the way down to fasteners, are very much imported products.
And it is never a good idea to promote protectionism. NEVER. Using tariffs to protect an industry temporarily (like Reagan did for Harley) might be marginally acceptable, but even that should leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Tariffs are a tax on goods when we are already taxed to damn much. If you want business to come home, the only remedy is to compete, not protect. Do it better, for a better profit, and the business will come to you. That is the only way.
