[Cacophonous]

How is the loss of manufacturing capability pragmatic, and how is it good for the US? Why is it pragmatic that electronics components to the guidance systems in cruise missiles and stealth fighters are made in Japan? Why is it a good thing that we import half of our steel from the far east?

Or is your definition of pragmatic tied strictly to your bottom line, and without any sense of obligation to your country? Is the fattening of your wallet, and your ability to buy a cheaper widget, more important that the economic sovereignty of your country?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Is the fattening of your wallet, and your ability to buy a cheaper widget, more important that the economic sovereignty of your country?

That fattened wallet and that cheaper widget is the highest representation of that economic sovereignty, you dolt.