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Recently Senator Clinton supported a bill that would impose a 108% tariff on the import of Chinese candles. This blog draws an outstanding comparison to Senator Clinton’s desires and those of Bastiat’s famous Canlemaker’s Petition. I am so glad that Hillary is looking out for the candle makers of this country, for as the author muses:

What’s the difference, though? Any source that supplies light to American consumers is a competitor of the American candle industry. And any source that can deliver the light cheaper than American candle companies is a tough competitor. Domestic producers will no doubt gain by imposing a 100 percent tariff on their Chinese competitors. But they could also sell more candles if the government required “the closing of all windows, dormers, skylights, inside and outside shutters, curtains, casements, bull’s-eyes, deadlights, and blinds — in short, all openings, holes, chinks, and fissures through which the light of the sun is wont to enter houses,” as Bastiat’s candlemakers requested.