I have been thinking about the tariffs and their effects on the economy. They never should have been necessary. I think the decline of US manufacturing started when Nixon went to China. I think he should have left them alone to wither on the vine of communism. Then in the eighties, we actually gave Most Favorite Nation status to China! I remember at the time saying WTF they are communists! The final nail in the coffin was started under Clinton and completed by Bush when China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO)! Everyone at the time, said, oh wow, American companies now have a billion customers! No! The Chinese were playing chess while we were playing checkers. They ramped up manufacturing and sold us everything from T-shirts to TVs – even medicines. They are selling us the rope to hang ourselves. Was this all worth it to get cheap stuff at Walmart? I don’t think so. read more