[Superman]

I accept the notion that there is a down side, even a potentially serious downside, to market manipulations. OTOH, some market manipulation is good, and some even necessary. Were it not for some existing market manipulations, the gap between the rich and poor would be wider and getting wider faster, for example. It seems a shame to me that we really ought not to engage in protectionism since doing so would indeed create jobs, increase the domestic money supply, increase domestic commercial revenues, yadda yadda. It is in my personal best interest to buy foreign, but it is in America's interest for me to buy domestic. If we each act in our personal best interest, America loses markets. If we were to apply the tariffs, our economy would benefit and so would our society. Lift the boats.

Plus, as I say, our consumer market is the envy of the world. The cash cow. If manufacturing in the US were necessary in order to access our consumer market, then guess what would happen.