there was a time, when taking out ballbearing plants was concidered the #1 Priority worth Maximium Effort in ending the war...More BS nonsense from the Hysteric Economic Isolationist crowd. Same song now they have ung since the 1980s. It's nonsense.
China and security PING
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.
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...
this is the insidious factor that has been neglected and denied for too long......the liquidation of America, to put it bluntly.
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.
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.
If a military effort of the same magnitude as World War II were fought today, it would last no more than a week.
I see, firsthand, some of the items we import to support our military and am deeply concerned.
there was a time, when taking out ballbearing plants was concidered the #1 Priority worth Maximium Effort in ending the war...bump
Can't Mexican/Hispanic laborers make all this stuff?
Since the military keeps things in use FAR beyond the normal product cycle (i.e. the B-52 flying since the 1950s) what this group does is look for alternative suppliers of parts and equipment the Civilian Sector has evolved BEYOND. It has NOTHING to do with the Buchannite's paranoid fears about foreigner making things.
All of the major components (the large transformers, the high-voltage circuit breakers, etc.) were manufactured in foreign countries.
Were we to be invaded, we would have no ability to replace these items at all.
Imagine fighting a war here on the home front with no electricity. That would mean no fuel and no communications. We'd be sitting ducks.
I propose taking every major military weapons, support and C4I system and creating a highly detailed supply chain map, down to at least the lowest level components and perhaps even the raw materials below them. All suppliers and their locations would be listed. For each supplier and location, a risk prioritization number would be calculated based on multiple risk and mitigation factors. Any high scores would automatically roll up to the top. It would be an interesting (and frightening) exercise. Perhaps some of those who preach that great war is an impossibility are deluding themselves precisely because they have a sense just what this exercise would reveal. To them, great war must be kept out of mind because we'd lose.
We can't mass produce Nike shoes what will we do?! My lord what to do if we can't make cotton t-shirts??