RE: I know, but where they are manufactured is important.
The important thing is we DO have the ability to manufacture them here. The more important issue is our drug supply chain, WE CANNOT BE DEPENDENT ON ONE COUNTRY ( e.g. China ).
I absolutely and utterly agree
Civil defense
highways
hosptial beds (MBAs closed hosptials and slashed beds and made production/income per bed a watchword. Prior to that the extra 10 to 30% capacity was part of civil defence)
Caches of food and Shelters
No more just in time inventory. Stop penalizing companies for having an inventory on hand.
Distributed manufacturing with important items made wholly in the US from if possible US sourced ingredients. If that is not possible, cache one to two years of outside sourced ingredients.