[steampower]

How would you go about severing China's US markets?

If done abruptly the empty shelves in so many stores, not to mention the probable cessation of our exports of raw materials would produce more than a bump for our economy. The backlash from consumers and industry against any such action would be immediate and intense.

What's your plan?

[ARCADIA]

The backlash from consumers and industry against any such action would be immediate and intense.

There is a tipping point between what we are willing to pay for goods, and the amount of opportunity that we are willing to sacrifice in exchange. For many, the shock to the system is already there. If you have been laid-off, or outsourced, or driven out of business; if the best job you can find is working at Walmart at minimum wage, you have already suffered the worse.

Substituting domestic production for imported stuff provides both new jobs and investment opportunities. We can not continue to run with the current level of trade deficit, and China and the rest of the world, are not going to allow us to continue to live and consume by fiat. We once gave up all domestic goods to fight WWII, and I am sure that we can do that again to rebuild a strong and industrious nation.

Sooner, or later, we are going to be forced to return to domestic production. Our creditors, and our own domestic workforce will take us there. A store shelf, whether empty or full, means nothing unless you have means to purchase. We will simply have to consume our raw materials and once again become, what we once were, and still have the potential to be.