Why would the economic problems be so drastic for us though? I know we purchase a lot of goods from Taiwan, but if that wasn't available, wouldn't most of those companies (which are American-owned anyway) just relocate?
well do you realize what happens just when a typhoon hits taiwan and a couple factories that make computer memory get messed up? It takes a LONG time for everything to straighten out and thats just with a couple plants going down.. Imagine a near total stoppage of every piece of computer equipment in one day, NASDAQ would puke...