I think few Americans realize how much has been sold off to maintain a facade of “prosperity” over the past couple of decades.
Having traveled to the latest post and back (149), I’m dumbfounded. The debate could go two ways: protectionist or free market. Instead, it’s the Rats’s problem. The metal is still in the ground in MT. It’s just not economically viable to mine it here. Looks like everyone here wants to subsidize it.