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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6095793" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I wonder why two of our closest allies, South Korea and Japan, charge such high import duties and tariffs on American made cars that you won't see American cars on their streets?  It's not just about what they're charging in tariffs.  It's the protectionism that keeps our producers out of a lot of markets.  We grow a lot of rice in the U.S.  Bet the Japanese aren't buying our rice.  Free markets are a two way street.  The pain we're likely to feel for awhile is what we'll have to endure to get everything in balance.  If we continue as is we'll be continuing to see the American middle class erode and our national debt continue to rise.  It's unsustainable.  So pain now or pain eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>