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There's an interesting book called 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism that makes a pretty good argument for trade protectionism and tariffs. I like to buy my furniture at Dania/Plummer's/Scandanavian Design/whatever they call themselves where you are. It costs about 20-30% more than Ikea and looks about 70-80% better. Best of all, probably half the shit they sell is American... and the American stuff isn't more expensive, it's just different. It's largely made of wood. Slap a 30% tariff on imports and all of a sudden we have a furniture industry again. Lather, rinse, repeat for all durable goods. Behold. The midwest makes stuff again.