Eroding U.S. Industrial Base Comes With Price

Magic City Morning Star ^ | Feb 8, 2006 | Diane M. Grassi

[hedgetrimmer]

Losing bearings manufacturing to foreign shores directly impacts the capabilities of weapons manufacturing should there be a change in the geopolitical landscape and a cut-off from U.S. suppliers, whether through war, terrorism, or Mother Nature

Take heed.

[MNJohnnie]

More BS nonsense from the Hysteric Economic Isolationist crowd. Same song now they have ung since the 1980s. It's nonsense.

[hedgetrimmer]

China and security PING

[KevinDavis]

Same crap I heard when Reagan was President...

[CyberSpartacus]

We do not need one single law restricting trade to renergize our industrial base. All we need to do is eliminate socialist enviormental laws, socialist taxes, and socialist labor laws. With these additional freedoms the rest of the world wouldn't be able to compete with us for 2 seconds.

[EagleUSA]

Yes, Washington fiddles while America burns. Nothing new. The priorities and politics of Washington continue to erode the soverignty and integrity of America.....just take the oil dependency issue, for openers. And I work in an industry that directly supports the bearing industry -- it is ugly when you see where much of it is going.

Thank You, Washington DC...

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

this is the insidious factor that has been neglected and denied for too long......the liquidation of America, to put it bluntly.

[tom paine 2]

First and foremost how do we defend ourselves in time of war if our defense materiales are made overseas. Second, there are only three ways that wealth is created, manufacturing, agriculture and mining. We have been outsourcing the first two for the last 20 years.

[EagleUSA]

All we need to do is eliminate socialist enviormental laws, socialist taxes, and socialist labor laws. With these additional freedoms the rest of the world wouldn't be able to compete with us for 2 seconds.
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Agreed. But Washington again FAILS US, as usual.

[Wolfie]

Hey, if we can get wages down to 2 bucks a day, nothing can stop us.

[television is just wrong]

I just don't get why this nation feels compelled to give up its power?? Everything overseas, makes us vulnerable to lots of major problems. We cannot control quality, quantity, or anything else of the product.

[wildcatf4f3]

I dunno. Try to buy an inpact wrench or any other pneumatic tool thats made in the USA. Hard to find, some are assembled here from "Globally sourced parts". I do believe that such tools are neccesary for the construction and maintenance of ships, aircraft and armored vehicles. We are screwing ourselves in any long term war..

[Toddsterpatriot]

Second, there are only three ways that wealth is created, manufacturing, agriculture and mining. We have been outsourcing the first two for the last 20 years.

And yet we still manufacture more than ever. We produce more food than ever.

[lewislynn]

More BS nonsense from the Hysteric Economic Isolationist crowd. Same song now they have ung since the 1980s. It's nonsense.

You are the final word on this because___________

[Alberta's Child]

One of things articles like this always overlook is that the high-tech nature of modern warfare has made large-scale industrial production of military hardware basically obsolete. Having the industrial capacity to produce warships is pointless in an age when the U.S. military could sink an enemy nation's entire naval force of several hundred ships in about 45 minutes.

If a military effort of the same magnitude as World War II were fought today, it would last no more than a week.

[Graybeard58]

Same song now they have ung since the 1980s. It's nonsense.

That song has been around a lot longer than that.

[bill1952]

You beat me to it.

Make "right to work" national policy, and a good part of the problem is solved.

Rein in the greenpeace type wackos and the legal profession and the rest is done. Capitalism works. Socialism just staggers from one low to another.

[KevinDavis]

Espcially in this day and age of Nuclear weapons...

[WatchingInAmazement]

And yet we still manufacture more than ever. We produce more food than ever.

And yet we import more than ever and import more food than ever. So what?

[conservative physics]

I agree America needs a manufacturing base... all we have to do to have one is:

disband the unions
repeal overreaching and burdensome environmental laws
scrap mandatory workers compensation requirements
eliminate the minimum wage
reduce corporate taxation
and pass tort reform.