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Old 09-06-25 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Folksinger2964
I'm gonna say, components made within the 50 United States of America. Why not ?
That was previously explained as cheaper and better from less expensive labor markets in countries where some industrial processes are unregulated.(or loosely enforced). they buy our wheat, rice, soybeans, cattle, etc. And in some cases our tanks and missiles. And our software and entertainment industries benefit. Brazil (and others) competes in agricultural and keeps prices affordable, Taiwan in semiconductors. Etc. The whole system is called International Trade and facilitates the One World Economy - which BTW = helps make America the #1 Economy in the World and the richest nation in the World. And when this Nation drew a large % of the smartest and most innovative humans to our Universities and Companies, the future was bright. The dumbing down of our position in the World is muchly a revision of Old World Nationalist, Isolationist movements. American Exceptionalism = pffffttt.





Boycott American products for a couple of years and the policies will change. "Tough on Americans for a short while, but worth it in the long run."

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