The fix is to cut off most of the regulation, abolish EPA and DOEnergy and cut or eliminate corporate taxes. Then comes the long boom that will deafen us all.
The chinese don’t have to attack.
All they have to do is turn all of the container ships around, and send them elsewhere.
Industry in the US would grind to a halt when that supply chain ran dry.
You might as well rail against the cold weather.
In business, lowering your operating costs keeps you competitive and your doors open. In home finance, lowering your costs keeps you in your house and from filing for bankruptcy. Telling someone that they must shop at a more expensive store does not meet their needs.
Competition is the driver and it will always be around.
WalMart isn’t the only place that sells mostly imported goods. And of course China isn’t going to attack anyway. And when push comes to shove our manufacturing output is extremely high, it’s AUTOMATION that’s costing jobs (globally) not outsourcing. And that genie ain’t going back in the bottle.
Almost none of the stuff I buy at WM is from China.
I’m not in love with WM, but when they’re the low cost on groceries, motor oil, etc I’m headed there.
There is no “city of San Pedro”. San Pedro is a part of the city of Los Angeles (and has been since 1909).
Sam Walton tried to stock his Walmart stores with all- American merchandise. But that resulted in too many empty shelves. Too much stuff just isn’t made in USA anymore. You can’t please or keep your customers with empty shelves, so Sam’s American- merchandise campaign had to be ended. (Note: they was some years ago. If anything, there’s even less stuff made in USA nowadays. But Walmart did try ...)
OK, got it, don’t shop at Walmart, or Sears, Costco, Kmart, Fry’s Electronics, Sam’s Club, you all have t5o fill in all the retailers near you. NOW, maybe the author can tell me where we shop in America that doesn’t sell products from outsourced jobs? Rag on Walmart all you want, go ahead shut them down...............whoops, now you have out jobbed all the people they employ in America, that damn evil Walmart! Somehow I just don’t feel all that great when I buy the same products somewhere else for more money than I pay at Walmart.
We avoid Walmart like the plague.