[1rudeboy]

Check this out: the more things change, the more they stay the same. We have another paleo arguing that, if only wage scales were equalized between China and the United States (by implication: with tariffs), we could restore rare earth production and processing in the U.S.

[NE_PaleoCon]

Just keeping it old-school sonny. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result.

[Osage Orange]

Someone said recently...that the Chicoms look at things in 1,000 year increments...and we look at things in decades.

The Chicoms have been out-dueling us...for years now.

Commodities, manufacturing, agriculture, and closing in now military-wise...etc, etc...

IMO...of course.

[expat_panama]

if only wage scales were equalized between China and the United States...   ...we could restore rare earth production and processing in the U.S.

Funny thing is that we hear that a lot.  Never mind how all manufacturing would take a serious hit from price hikes in rare earths --then again the paleos' solution to mfgr employment is [I swear I'm not making this up] lowering productivity.

At least there one Chinese product the paleos don't mind buying in quantity: GOLD!