U.S. government and business leaders have long promoted the glories of “globalization.” With its reliance on low-cost foreign producers, notably in Communist China, to supply critical materials, components, and equipment, the integration of markets and national interests seemed not only desirable economically but strategically sound.
Domestic production is what saved us in WWII. If our production facilities reside within the country we are at war with, it is very difficult to use those production facilities for a wartime footing. Further, we have been horribly destructive in our efforts to meddle in foreign governments. The puppet dictators we have forcefully installed (i.e. Castro, Noriega, Sadaam, etc) have cost us huge amounts of money and lives when we tried to unseat them. Foreign policy should only be for trade and defense. George Washington had it right: take care of the home front and let the foreign entities fight it out without us. When we are threatened (like WWII), we may need to take care of business, but we do not have to stay forever after. So, quit the spending of defense money for power mongering and imperialism. If we stopped products from China, their economy would tank overnight. We better start making things better for "we the people" instead of for lobbyists working for entities bent on personal gain.
Domestic production is what saved us in WWII. If our production facilities reside within the country we are at war with, it is very difficult to use those production facilities for a wartime footing. Further, we have been horribly destructive in our efforts to meddle in foreign governments. The puppet dictators we have forcefully installed (i.e. Castro, Noriega, Sadaam, etc) have cost us huge amounts of money and lives when we tried to unseat them. Foreign policy should only be for trade and defense. George Washington had it right: take care of the home front and let the foreign entities fight it out without us. When we are threatened (like WWII), we may need to take care of business, but we do not have to stay forever after. So, quit the spending of defense money for power mongering and imperialism. If we stopped products from China, their economy would tank overnight. We better start making things better for "we the people" instead of for lobbyists working for entities bent on personal gain.
How do we get rid of them inside our country? DOGE