Tariffs are a way of taxing. If you have a government, there’s going to be tax. I would rather pay through tariffs than income tax, property tax, payroll tax, inflationary tax, etc. I personally don’t need government, but since the overwhelming majority does, we’re going to have one and we have to pay for it. I’d rather the government charge tariffs than use the COMMUNIST income tax.
A prior post described people in the US finding work that suited our abilities and technological level here. What does that mean? Are we going to make starships, warpdrives, and transporters? China can pretty much beat us on everything short of that. If you want really high quality stuff- which people would if they gave it a lot of thought, the US can still hold its own.
If you really wanted totally free trade, you’d have to get rid of managed trade policies like NAFTA, CAFTA, etc. If you really believe in it, unilaterally get the government out- I’d be all for that too.
