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You'll find this article ages poorly.

Tariffs are not the ideal solution to the total set of problems, some of which you have identified. They are, however, the only tool available that does not require legislation. Whether or not someone "wants" to work in a factory isn't really relevant. If they want to eat, and we are able to cut off the supply of your money to the lazy, they will love the factory job. Also, factory jobs are not what they once were. Maybe a tour or video of a Tesla factory would drag your mind out of 1955.

US-China relations are "relatively peaceful" because it has been financially beneficial to China and to American politicians an big business. Also, both countries are virtually impossible to conquer- ask the Japanese about their experience. On the current path, peace will not continue. Why? We lack the industry necessary to maintain the empire. Russia, with an economy the size of Texas can outproduce all of NATO in artillery shells. China's shipbuilding capacity is 230-600 times ours. China will eventually establish hegemony over the southeastern pacific including Japan and Australia. In a war with China, we would find ourselves in the position of Japan in 1941- able to launch an impressive attack an ultimately fail due to the inability to replace materiel.

An nation that cannot produce its own military equipment, food, energy, pharmaceuticals cannot be independent. We can actually manage none of these due to the last 60 years of idiotic policy. Sure we produce our own food, but the equipment and fertilizer used has foreign sources...

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