30% of military goods including electronics are imported from China.
See a little problem there?
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No, that is the electronic components are manufactured in China, its cheaper to employ that labour, but on the flip side it gives China the opportunity to âborrowâ we call it stealing our technology , that is troubling.
but if a war broke out , the president ( who ever that will be) will do what FDR did, order American factories, Silicon valley to build here
I disagree, our factories can be turned into a war building centers very quickly as we proved in World war 2.
you obviously dont know squat about trade deals or anything about Mexico, unless you have some insight that the rest of us dont have , please share your reasoning.
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I guess these factories will shit out the steel they need.
Trump isnât going to close the border because it would screw up his trade deal. Have you seen the commercials that heâs been running for this trade deal on Fox lately? He wonât do anything to screw that up. Heâs the best negotiator ever. Only the best people.
I think that the deal gives Trump leverage to close the border. Youâve got this all wrong, friend.
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you dont think America produces steel here?
Not to the capacity that is required to satisfy demand. Boomers kneecapped the steel industry in the '80s and 90s so we could import cheap shit from overseas. The death blow was NAFTA.
no, the reality is the steel produced in America is too expensive for manufacturers to buy , same as for aluminium.
China products are cheaper even with the tariffs added to it, the bottom line is the bottom line, when you running a company and you have to answer to shareholders and existing employees (lucky enough to have a job) you have to profit or else youâre gone.
Jobs in the steel industry has been on the decline since the mid 70âs, technology was the main reason, I read an article ( Im trying to recall) that said in the 1980âs it too 10.1 man hours to produce 1 ton of steel, today its 1.5 man hours to produce 1 ton of steel.
Cant blame China for that.
how so?
NAFTA is a problem .
I donât think your logic and reasoning can be stated enough.
Honestly, it is as if everyone is living in a dream world where the worst thing that can happen is you donât get a cake baked for you, youâre shunned in the womenâs bathroom because no matter what self-immolation you inflicted upon yourself you are still a male and the list of petty, pampered crap goes on and on.
Never, ever depend on anything or anyone to the point that it weakens you. When you have the ability to produce, you have the ability to bargain from a standpoint of strength.
America has the ability to be self-sufficient. We have zero excuse to allow ourselves to ever be in a position of being screwed.
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Did you hear about the kids that are being ârecycledâ?
Kidnapped, assigned to illegals then back across the border to be assigned to another âfamilyâ?
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It is sad how easily misdirected and mislead some people can be.
I think it goes back to personal responsibility. If you cannot look yourself in the mirror and be honest then the next best thing is to find a âgroupâ to direct your hate at.
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Various sections of wall/fencing/barriers have been under constant construction since Trump took office.
Now itâs going into high gear.
No, that would be the EPA.
Perhaps you need to work your âBoomer Issuesâ out with your parents and grandparents and then sue your Jr High and High Schools for filling your head with shit instead of knowledge and for failing to even teach you how to think much less think critically.
We donât have the industrial capability to produce all of those essential items here anymore and it would take years to rebuild that capability and train a workforce capable enough to do so.
Thirty days into a major war weâd been in deep shit.
During the peak of production during WWII we were turning out more than one destroyer a week, a new submarine every month, and aircraft carriers monthly as well.
We could produce hundreds of planes, tanks, trucks, jeeps and millions of rounds of ammo and ordnance each day.
One cyber attack could cripple our entire electrical grid for weeks or months shutting down over 80% of what little industrial production we have left and have the majority of our population starving, freezing, and dying in a week.
Weâre more vulnerable today than weâve ever been.
If Trump closes the border Mexico implodes in thirty days and both we and they know it.
Unless Mexico starts doing their part in controlling their own border stopping these caravans long before they ever get here the US is in serious trouble and we all know it but we have the economic power to survive it and they donât.
No I have not, then again it wouldnât surprise me. Think about what they are doing now? They are putting kids through razor wire in order to enter the country. What people would do that? These people are a bunch of scum of the earth lowlifes to put children through that horrific experience and endangering their lives. They should be put into jail for child endangerment, I wonder where the SJWâs are when it comes to that issue? Huh?
Simple, because they know that if their feet touch US soil and they have kids with them thereâs basically no chance they are going to be deported for at least 5-7 years, âcredible fearâ or not.
This is why more than ever we have to secure the border. Word is out all through Mexico and Central America that this is the new yellow brick road to the US so barring intervention by Mexico itâs only going to get much, much worse.
Just by asking that question proves you are just rambling on about a topic you know little about.