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Economy

Warpy

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1. You'd think it would dawn on the US government

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 05:18 AM

Dec 2014

that shipping off all our basic industries like textiles and shoes, not to mention car parts and electronics, has left us in a very weak strategic position.

Any attempt to get this country's economy back from stagnation has got to involve taxing the ill gotten gains from siphoning money out of the stock market into oblivion and allowing large tax breaks for rebuilding US industry.

Right now, there is no way this country could survive a trade disruption, let alone a shooting war.

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What the US Should Learn from Russia’s Collapse [View all] eridani Dec 2014 OP

You'd think it would dawn on the US government Warpy Dec 2014 #1

Communities and countries need to become more self-sufficient IMO. CJCRANE Dec 2014 #2

Diversify, like us. Oil, war, bedpans, french fries. They better look out. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2014 #3

it's called "Dutch disease," where one sector is so big the others are squeezed out MisterP Dec 2014 #4

and the Netherlands is probably better off without one Demeter Dec 2014 #5

war, surveillance, prisons and bubbles. our economy is so much more resilient. magical thyme Dec 2014 #6