The only reason America doesn't do the same thing with tariffs is the fact that American Politicians are whores for the kick back money from outside investors.
Same reason all the good paying, middle class, blue collar American jobs are now in India, China, Mexico and the like. Throw enough money at a whore and they will make things happen.
Look at the airlines, their owners are fat cats and the companies can't turn a profit. Squeal a little bit and threaten to shut down the transprotation in this country and the government comes in and bails them out.
It's just finally being realized by the American automakers that this is the way to go, all the profits without the production costs!!! So now, that UAW worker who loved his job and didn't have to worry about anything because the company will take care of them is out on his azz stocking shelves at Wal-mart trying to keep the bill collectors at bay.
It's a beautiful system that we elect them to run. It's just too bad that the average American citizen doesn't care. The minute someone says anything about taking guns away, there's a huge uproar. Did anyone ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe this is a distraction so that no one sees all this other crap happening????
That's the real problem here folks, like it or not, in a couple of years this country will be pre revolution France. Where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer.
A "free society" that cannot and will not do anything to help themselves. America, land of the free and ignorant.
