United States imports were worth 238.6 Billion USD in March of 2012( that's 2.8 trillion or almost 3 trillion $ per year for those in Rio linda). That's most of the stuff we use is made in other countries( the biggest culprit China).So my "ridiculous claim" that SOON practially everything we use will be made in other countries is actually truth(look at the spike in that graph).
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports
And look at that graph and see that imports are skyrocketing even every month. That is the worst part the incredible increase in imports.
. There is no reason we have to import that many products and that is not good for the U.S. In fact it's disastrous. You say the economy is 15 trillion . LOL yeah that's what the propagandists say. Actually they say consumer spending is the largest part of that 15 trillion and what is that consumers and government borrowing so consumers can spend more on China products.
The U.S. has almost every natural resource and we were we above any country in technology and manufacturing a few decades ago.
The whole electronics industry and the thousands of high tech products is entirely in China now. You think a country can prosper if they don't and can't make these high tech products?
Wrong. We use a lot more than 238.6 billion a month.
There is no reason we have to import that many products
That's en excellent idea. You could build a factory to make some of the stuff we currently import from China. Let me know when you start up, I'll be sure to throw some business your way.
You say the economy is 15 trillion .
Yes. There is a stat called Gross Domestic Product. You can look it up!
Actually they say consumer spending is the largest part of that 15 trillion
Well, you see, if you make a product (part of Gross Domestic Product) and consumers don't spend their money on it, you'll soon stop producing it.
The U.S. has almost every natural resource
Yes we do. And we need to make it easier to extract those resources.
and we were we above any country in technology and manufacturing a few decades ago.
Are you under the impression that we no longer manufacture in the US? What about the list of exports I so kindly provided to you?
The whole electronics industry
The whole industry?
You think a country can prosper if they don't and can't make these high tech products?
Where do you imagine I said that?