Long ago, the federal government was financed entirely by tariffs rather than by taxes levied on its own people. Sure, the tariffs were ultimately paid by citizens who paid higher prices for imported goods - but their choice to buy those goods was VOLUNTARY.

My ultra-conservative U.S.-first idea:

1. There should be no tariffs on the import of raw materials to be used by American industry. This would keep the price of U.S. made products low for our own people. Foreign countries would no doubt put high import tariffs on our products but to hell with 'em - we don't need their business, and if their people want to buy our chit anyway we'll make it good enough to be worth the extra money.

2. Any MANUFACTURED product or part coming into this country would be hit with a 100% import tariff. You want to drive a Japanese, Korean, or German car that's nifty - you can pay twice the price for it and help fund our government in the process.

3. Other countries would no doubt retaliate by slapping high tariffs on U.S.-made products. As stated above, to hell with 'em. However, some of the tree-swinging camel-jockeying wogs MIGHT also get the idea of withholding their natural resources from the U.S., or charging extra for them. Correcting those situations and keeping foreign supplies of raw materials available and cheap for U.S. industry is the proper function of the U.S. military - not that "nation building" or "winning hearts and minds" silliness. Just sayin'.