The issue is very simple.
America needs to bring back industry.
We are buying far too much, made elsewhere.
To bring back industry America must reduce or remove its self-imposed tax and regulatory burdens on industry.
Taxation and regulation keep industry from flourishing in much of America. Government is in the way.
“We are buying far too much, made elsewhere.”
When WW-II started America was a mighty manufacturing giant in the world and was able to immediately shift production to military hardware.
Today, that would be IMPOSSIBLE. Worse yet, it would take a very long time to “ramp up” production to meet demand and in my opinion it would be impossible to sustain a long term war effort due to these facts.
With borrowed money.
That's part of the bigger problem, globalism. The whole world needs to go back to defended and defined borders, using troops to defend themselves and not to promote globalist regime change schemes and promoting and striving for self sufficiency.
Look at our history...every 50 years or so...Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, WW1,WW2, Current terrorist/invasion crisis.
So what is DC doing? Exporting jobs and importing disease and terrorists. Brilliant.