[Toddsterpatriot]

Imagine how let down they would feel if we wouldn't do anything to save our steel producing capacity and 5 years down the road, Chinese tanks go rumbling through Michigan because our fair weather foreign friends suddenly decided to quit selling us steel.

Yeah and you know how hard it would be for us to start producing steel again.

[#3Fan]

Yeah and you know how hard it would be for us to start producing steel again.

It takes lines of supply and expertise to go into a manufacturing project. If it's so easy to just jump into an industry, why didn't the Taliban suddenly start producing a tank for every tallywacker when they knew we were on our way? A nation of restaurant owners and park administrators (that's what the liberals want America to be, a 3 million square mile park), etc. just aren't going to be able to jump back into the steel industry years after it was abandoned.

[Willie Green]

Agreed. Now, what would that impact be?

Devastating. Steel is used thoughout our economy, whether for manufacturing or construction.

Yeah and you know how hard it would be for us to start producing steel again.

Very difficult. Steel production requires a complex infrastructure of expertise and supply lines for raw materials, equipment, etc. etc. It is also a very capital intensive industry that would require enormous investment to resurrect if allowed to collapse.