[Steely Tom]

You are telling me that the USA has the same number of steel factories as in 1970?

I'm not telling you that, and I challenge you to point out where I said that.

You said "The factories in the USA closed down completely!" in your post #16, and I pointed out that that was an incorrect statement, and cited evidence to back up my assertion.

In response to which, you implied that I was on drugs, and accused me of being a "bonehead" and "stupid."

I did grow up in Dinwiddie County, but that doesn't mean I'm "stupid."

And no one I knew in Dinwiddie County was "stupid," either.

Although I certainly didn't know everyone there.

[central_va]

Tom. SOME( a lot ) of steel mills closed down completely and were shipped over seas. That doesn’t mean ALL US steel factories were shipped over seas. Confusing automation with off shoring is a common ‘mistake’ globalists make. Automated or not, the USA produces a little more than half the steel it used to make in the 1970’s with 2/3’s the population.