Re: OT: Trump TARIFFS...!!! ;-D

On 6 Feb 2025 04:57:27 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
<leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 2025-02-04, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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Back in 1916-17 the US was an industrial powerhouse and when they
finally decided to get involved in the fighting they had a hell of a lot
of arms and equipment. Then in the 1940s they put their industrial
capacity to arm the Allies. When the Japanese made the mistake of trying
to pre-emptively knock the US out of the war they unleashed that
industrial might against the Axis.  I am not sure they could pull that
off again.

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Now, a little over a hundred years later, China is the industrial
and technological powerhouse, thanks to Western stupidity, ennui,
greed, misplaced beliefs, and most importantly, rules and regulations.
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We exchanged "military/industrial" with "federal-government/homeless"
long ago. Who will win WWIII? 
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Way to go, Us!

 
China has a much bigger population than the US. So does India. Of
course, they're both going to surpass the US. But I'd still rather
live in the western world than in hellholes China and India.

--
Bruce
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