Before the personal income tax was implement in America, the government was financed by tariffs imposed on foreign made goods. This kept goods made in America competitive with goods made in other countries with cheap or slave labor.

Politicians signed so called ‘free trade’ treaties and many of our trading partners have enjoyed huge trade deficits with us by adding tariffs to our imports. Making their products cheaper. Some of our products they have banned.

We have large trade deficits with China and many other trading partners, some we protect militarily like South Korea and Japan. Trump is on the right track by trying to renegotiate our unfair trade treaties with these countries.

I would much rather see him raise tariffs than raise taxes again on working Americans. Free trade is a two way street and we have been taken advantage of for too long. Time for a new way of thinking that puts the American worker and taxpayers first.