Consider your foot gone. I have no doubt we will start to hear the drum beat for protectionism; it's the politically expedient thing to do. Of course it will raise unemployment, increase costs of many goods, invite retaliation and cause foreign governments to shun buying our debt.
extelecom: what an ignorant statement. Too bad you don't know American business history. American business thrived, for decades, with tariffs, levies, duties, and even embargoes.