Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/1/20 4:53 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


That be all true but if there is anything to be learned from this
covid-19 thing, we need to pay attention to the items we rely upon
others to make and sell to us.

Anything to do with national security should be made here with
some licensing authority for other "friendly" nations or allies.

Same with pharmaceuticals.Â* They need to be made here.Â* It
friggin' amazes me that the VA buys most of it's medications
from China.

China and others can make television sets, cheap computers and
cell phones if they want.Â* Some car parts also.Â* They are not
a threat to national security.

"National Security" is far from the only "issue" of importance. We spend
at least a trillion dollars, including on budget and hidden budget
items, on "National Security," and the amount we are spending is only
going up. We spend multiples of any our possible military adversaries
spend. Do you military acolytes really believe the Russians or the
Chinese have their eyes on Topeka?

I wonder how this "Golden Rebirth of U.S. Manufacturing" you advocate
will come about, in the absence of serious governmental regulations,
controls, and additional tariffs, and those will result in smaller
markets for our products. Mind you, I'm all in favor of American workers
being able to get and hold high-paying jobs with good benefits, but just
how is it supposed to happen? Do you presume U.S. corporations will give
up their enormous profits and exec benefits?


If the executives all went to work for a dollar a year, we still could not
pay what you think any high paying job would garner. You want high pay
for low production. If the job is flipping burgers, why should it be a
high pay? We used to pay about 3x what foreign countries paid in wages.
Now, probably more like 20x. Certain industries should be only legally in
the US. 95% of Printed circuit boards are made in China. What happens
if we need boards for high tech weapons? Ban buying any PC board for
government equipment from foreign sources. Some exceptions, phones, TV’s,
etc. but no critical equipment. Also instead of the government mandated
excess minimum wage, price it to cost of product.