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I thought protectionist caused the "great depression" to get worse?
Pan,
I completely understand where you're coming from. When I first heard this bill, I thought it made sense to me, I got that whatever projects were covered by this bill would only use US materials. Good deal for the US right? Wrong! Canada trades most with the US than any other country, we probably would still import to the US but at high tariffed prices. This isn't a problem that the US should go in alone, the US needs other countries that are in the same situation, that have needs to that are mutually beneficial to both parties. Just closing your borders to anything but american products is ludicrous.
Other countries are suffering just as bad as the US, the world needs to come together and the WTO is just as important as it ever was.
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