And what about just having a domestic steel industry at all? If we don’t, and we need steel to support a war effort, you really think the Chinks would fill our orders if they figured out we were going to use it against them? Sometimes “creating fairness” costs you something.
“Head up my ass”? Seriously Junior?
Dont worry. I’m old enough to remember when virtually everything we bought was made here.
Things werent expensive. Perhaps you recall. Maybe not. Sad...
Free Trade was never sold in this country as being about “cheeper crap”.
It was sold as a way for the U.S to expand markets.
Supposedly they were gonna buy from us. “A billion new customers” was how Chinese trade opening was sold around 1979-80ish. Oh they might get a few of our jobs too..but they need those to buy our stuff, you know?
It was all BS and you know it. 500 billion per year trade deficit? No one mentioned that.
And neither do you. Because thats the part that doesnt fit the meme.
Free trade with The third world has two goals: create allies who are interdependent and counteract each other (india and china for example); and secondly, break the American Unions and reduce their membership to begging for jobs.
Both goals were met by 2000. The globalists have celebrated 16 years of massive profits for themselves, the dimunition of American electoral power in favor of transnational organizations, and the rise of militant former basket case countries who are vested in the system since it primarily benefits them. Which it was supposed ti do.Read the WTO charter, for example.
Your worn out retorts are simply nonsense. The New World Order is not about the pursuit of neo-modern economic theories. Its about global government by the few, and the suppression of the Little People in America who actually got some leverage in the period 1776-1976.
Americans are the Enemy of this System. The forces behind it want to make sure we never have that power again, and we remain chronically in debt, slowly sinking. Make America Great Again is not their aim.
Quite the contrary.
>But, what about the jobs of those who use steel? Those that make washing machines, and cars, and buildings? Because it cost more to buy these things, demand for them goes down. And jobs are lost. I don’t care which way you decide to go on these matters, I just don’t want you to have your head up your @$$ when you make the decision.
Damn. I didn’t know steel was a ‘one-time’ use product! Here I was, ignorant, thinking, “Why not recycle?”.
See, you learn something new, everyday!