Comment by etempleton
2 hours ago
Some industries are of national security or other strategic value, so protecting them even if that means some stagnation is desirable over the offshoring of said industry.
2 hours ago
Some industries are of national security or other strategic value, so protecting them even if that means some stagnation is desirable over the offshoring of said industry.
The question is: how do you define "national security" and "other strategic value"? At the end of the day both really mean economic interest. Especially in case of US.
So if someone says "national security" is above economic interest of US, I would say these people mean _their_ economic interest is above economic interest of US and use both terms as a cover.
Insofar as the country being conquered and Americans being slaughtered wholesale would be against our economic interests lol
There are clear national security reasons for the government to prop up shipbuilding and semiconductors.
> Insofar as the country being conquered and Americans being slaughtered wholesale would be against our economic interests lol > There are clear national security reasons for the government to prop up shipbuilding and semiconductors.
Are you saying countries without shipbuilding facilities or not producing semicondutors are being conquered and their citizens being slaughtered?
I'd say that is fear mongering done by the people doing business on "national security".
There's not much economic interest in losing 100 billion dollars trying to keep shipyards going.
There are no customers who want an oil tanker built in the US. Or Europe.