What does America even represent at this point

[Tom 1]

To be clear, when I say, "everyone" I am speaking only of those who seek to leave their country. It certainly would't be everyone.

Ah ok, gottit.

 

[lordjeff]

The 19th century called, Mexico and Hawaii would like to register their objections to that statement.

I agree we haven't had the urge to just take land for the sake but land with resources-the Middle East drama obviously was about oil. Past tense-oil. But in the last few decades we adapted a new behavior which was not obtain resources but essentially to outsource the principle one which is labor. And now we're seeing where the greed has become a national security threat.

 

[lordjeff]

Well we hope that this pandemic has a lesson in it that you can't outsource the majority of your resources be it as benign as a surgical mask. If health is jeopardized, then so is security of the nation. This is not to say we should not conduct trade or have to open up branches of a company in another country be it a local bank or a manufacturing plant of a common good to help other economies but we should not outsource a product for cheap labor & then have to import that same product back by ship. Pay the wages here & be done with it.

 

[Pommer]

Well we hope that this pandemic has a lesson in it that you can't outsource the majority of your resources be it as benign as a surgical mask. If health is jeopardized, then so is security of the nation. This is not to say we should not conduct trade or have to open up branches of a company in another country be it a local bank or a manufacturing plant of a common good to help other economies but we should not outsource a product for cheap labor & then have to import that same product back by ship. Pay the wages here & be done with it.

Gee, maybe universal healthcare is a strategic necessity?