Originally Posted by graywolf624
The numbers dont back your assertion. International trade is still only 10 percent or so of the US economy. Thats just your emotional take.
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And the other 90%? Some would be inter-company business, and the rest woul be the internal handling and distribution of the mass-imported consumer goods.
To pretend that shipping all manufacture offshore to prop up a just-in-time supplychain model is "the perfect" solution is disingenuous at best, and the musings of an industry insider at worst
Remember how the north east suffered when we had a hurricane and the fuel supply chain was impacted?
Now if the Somali pirates branch out and decide to go after shipping wholeslae I guess the just-in-time model takes a hit.
But anyway, its time for me to go earn some money in this fast shrinking market... heaven knows the stock market (that ultimate tool of the capitalist) is not going to take care of me in the near term