[vulcan01]

Raised tariffs, not taxes. It's an important difference, doubly so with regards to Smoot-Hawley because the whole point was to protect American companies (and therefore jobs) from foreign competition (of course, it did not work...).

[gilgoomesh]

(It was a Ferris Bueller's Day Off reference. Blame Ben Stein.)

[vulcan01]

... and I have not yet seen Ferris Bueller, so I didn't get the reference. Consider us even ;)