Tariffs just cause US buyers to pay more without much help. Tariffs have no way to make a US manufacturer competitive globally. US made goods would just be th

Tariffs just cause US buyers to pay more without much help. Tariffs have no way to make a US manufacturer competitive globally. US made goods would just be that 25% more expensive. At its best its a regressive subsidy from one set of Americans to another. Why not just a direct subsidy to US manufacturing under the usual tax code?