But they ' re getting power . People don ' t complain about wanting a land line before having a cell phone . The latter is just far cheaper . Just like it ' s cheaper to toss some panels on the roof than it is to build an entire grid going to some small rural area . <| sep |> So was the US after its revolution . We committed genocide against the native population deliberately . <| sep |> Look at what happened , almost universally , a few years after those tariffs were enacted . The desire to drop them by the majority of the industries in the country . From 18601890 this is true , there were many high tariffs in the US . The US was also expanding , however , and soaking up foreign direct investment like it was going out of style . Look at what happens when you slap on high tariffs during a time that is not an expansionary cycle . SmootHawley didn ' t exactly alleviate the effects of the Great Depression .