What these “Free Traders” don’t understand is that it is real hard to fight a war without an industrial base.
They could care less about fighting wars. Commerce and that "free trade" bullcrap is more important. International trade is great but we have to put up tariffs when we are running annual trade deficits of 500-700 billion per year
But one must remember that even if we brought back all steel production to America (just as an example) these industries run much leaner these days due to automation and computerization. Meaning we only need 25% the number of workers we would have 30 years back. You have roughly the same number across all real industries I would think
Notice the money grubbing slave mentality of the "free traitor" crowd. This crowd that professes to understand capitalism. They think a Japanese automobile factory on US soil is just fine because it employs Americans. They turn numbnutz when I interrogate them on who the profits go to. Which is to the Japanese of course. In want more US industry where profits are kept here and spent here...or invested here
I am in favor of---
- tariffs on oil/energy and Asian imports
- taking these tariff revenues and using them to give tax incentives to US citizens to set up production and industry on US soil
- increasing agricultural exports
You've demonstrated on this thread that you favor steel mills, which is good for national security. But you've also demonstrated that you do not favor companies that use steel, which is bad for national security. Some industrial base you're building, there.