Question

Protectionists believe which of the following?

Free trade should be supported


Infant industries are a type of industry not worth protecting


National defense may be at risk due to free trade


Domestic jobs are not at risk from free trade

Answer 1

Section 8 permits Congress to coin money and to regulate its value. Section 10 denies states the right to coin or to print their own money. The framers clearly intended a national monetary system based on coin and for the power to regulate that system to rest only with the federal government.

Answer 2

National defense may be at risk due to free trade