We’re too dependent on the whole world for a lot of things.
That sentence sums up the State of The Union. Congress kept raising taxes for several decades, putting more & more regulation on the private sector even before that, and actual encouragement by politicians and their families vested interest in doing business with China.
We've also got a two term POTUS who is about as competent in foreign affairs as Jethro Bodine at brain surgery. Do we have an alliance meaning our reliable long standing ones Obama has not alienated us from yet left?
Reagan said Trade Partners not Trade Patsies. He had it right. No POTUS since has had this policy and for that we have paid dearly by losing our self sufficiency. The world especially China has us by the throat. The Middle East, Mexico, and South American producers have us hooked on THEIR oil. Our nations claim to fame national product is quickly becoming the golden arches saying billions served.
I find it ironic the billionaire who wants oil shipped on rails instead of piped and keeps cost up and workers wages down also owns the nations largest mobile home manufacturing company.