The Silent Death by a Thousand Cuts in American Manufacturing

Hotair ^ | 01/11/2024 | Salena Zito

[GailA]

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[TwelveOfTwenty]

Perot opposed outsourcing? His company was a technology outsourcing company. He opposed off-shoring.

I agree, but in the context of why companies would outsource to China if they didn't want to, either works.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

but in this case it was to skirt US laws, much as the way the 5-Eyes operate to do the same.

That's true, but one of the main defenses of off shoring/outsourcing to China is the expensive regulations we have over here. There may be some truth in that, but this work was outsourced to China to get around regulations that were put in place after lab accidents here, hence the question of how much we saved on that.

[bert]

Actually, we make the explosives here in Kingsport TN

[Reverend Wright]

The real choke point in artillery shell production is the steel shell. And the critical component there is the forging presses.

Even TNT is in short supply.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-seeking-explosives-japan-ukraine-artillery-shells-sources-2023-06-02/