I agree with “buy American.”
However, we must understand how our government has made so many American industries non-competitive through payroll taxes and taxes/regulation on employers.
I think everyone agrees that purchasing power has decreased for the American consumer so when they go into Wally world with their limited funds they purchase the cheapest product. That product is Chinese. Why? Because our government makes it far more expensive to produce the same product in the United States.
It’s a death spiral for our nation and sadly, the only solution some offer is tax the products from overseas. If only it were that easy and the only real benefit from that is to the government. The consumer is still going to buy the cheaper product with their limited funds. It sounds good, but it won’t work and it will only grow government - not American jobs.
At every turn the American businessman takes it in the shorts. Permits, environmental impact studies, cost of energy, water, or waste, payroll taxes, Obamacare, unemployment, disability insurance, licenses, liability insurance, and the list goes on and on. Industry in the developing world does not face these problems. I bet some American companies pay more to lawyers in a year than the same company pays for everything in China.
I wish there was an easy answer, but we are so far beyond the American model we still hold in our minds that it is impossible to return.
We are in a death spiral and even the eternal optimist, Rush, is beginning to see it clearly.
I disagree.
Rush is a uniquely powerful voice, and if he gets it can actually drive productive change.
Rush: support America first. Vocally. Say it clear, and say it often.
Never ever give up.
Rush listen to me. America is at a crossroads right now.
China is becoming as strong as America. Right now.
China is taking American businesses away, and BOTH PARTIES ARE PLAYING ON CHINA’S SIDE.
Rush get with the program:
America first.
I believe this is true. Rush has been sounding increasingly defeated. For years he's promised his listeners that he would tell them when he thought it was time to panic. He hasn't said that it is yet, but it's hard not to hear the defeat in his voice and the content of his show.
Another one who surprised me this past week was Dennis Miller, whose radio program I listen to for an hour or so on most days.
Miller, who describes himself as a fiscal conservative and a social libertarian, was an early endorser and active campaigner for Herman Cain in 2012. When Romney won the nomination, Miller campaigned hard for him.
During one of his shows last week, Miller declared that it doesn't matter who the candidates for either party are in 2016, a democrat will win the presidency. He said it's over, and he won't be talking about politics much anymore because there's no point.
There's a foul, chill wind blowing.