This has been the argument since Ross Perot warned us of the “Giant Sucking Sound”.
What we’ve seen since then, is that Perot was right.
Buy American.
“This has been the argument since Ross Perot warned us of the “Giant Sucking Sound”. What we’ve seen since then, is that Perot was right. Buy American.”
Unfortunately Perot was looking at the symtom, not the cause. The cause was and is THE UNIONS, THE EPS, OSHA, and our LAWYERS.
Perot, instead, blamed it on Mexico. Mexico was simply filling the void that we abandoned in our quest for Utopia.
Now it’s the Chinese. If anyone thinks that people would be better off today with union-made everything, rather than Chinese imports, they are insane. Maybe other don’t remember, but I certainly remember the cost of just about EVERYTHING before the Chinese started moving in and selling cheaper (roughly 4 times higher than today). The US companies that could fight back (i.e., non-union) gave China some competition, other companies (and unionized workers) got EXACTLY what they deserved, for their attitude.