Reply #6: Well, obviously it would result in all of Levi's US employees being...

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

...thrown out of work, not to mention all of Levi's overseas workers being thrown out of work. (I know we're not supposed to care about non-Murikans, cause obviously the financial crisis only impacts Murikans, but there it is.) So basically you favor a trade policy that would put US companies at a distinct disadvantage to their foreign competitors by imposing ridiculous tariffs on products produced overseas - but only those produced by American companies. So a French company that produces jeans in Malaysia would be at a distinct advantage compared to an American company that produces jeans in Malaysia.

What needs to be added to a tariff bill would be giving any company that starts to make the same product in the USA a tax break and start up help.

Why? Why would I ever start a company manufacturing blue jeans in the US when I can do exactly what I described in the first paragraph, make more money, and not be subject to onerous 90% tariffs?