And the tariffs put in place in 1930 were instrumental in prolonging the Great Depression. Tariffs were a bad idea then and are a bad idea today, as seen by the out of control inflation we are experiencing and the 80,000 manufacturing jobs lost in the last year here in the States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act

Last edited by SKB; 06/15/26 06:09 PM.

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