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kingofbeer 04-09-2025 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ithos (Post 2422610)
Oh, yeah that makes sense. We can all get sick to boost our economic output. And the rest of the world is going to keep sending us all the stuff we use to manufacturer in exchange for dollars in which there is an infinite supply.

Get over what? I simply don't believe in the tooth fairy or think that a country can stay prosperous forever if it runs up trade deficits and government debt every year, decade after decade. Printing money doesn't count as manufacturing.

Cut the spending. Cut defense spending, cut VA Benefits.

SoCalGal 04-09-2025 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by KAM+6 (Post 2422511)
Went Bankrupt 6 times, several other businesses went bust. Latest was DC hotel. Scotland and Ireland golf courses have been in the red since day one. Also, many in US.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who strives, who dares greatly, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. ~Theodore Roosevelt (April 23, 1910)

Bogie Shooter 04-09-2025 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCalGal (Post 2422613)
Wharton didn’t start offering an MBA program until 1972, though it had been offering undergraduate business education since the 1880s. Trump has occasionally referred to his degree as an “undergraduate MBA” or implied its equivalent to an advanced degree, but factually, it’s a bachelor’s, not an MBA. His official bio sticks to the B.S. in Economics line.

But he does have a low golf handicap.

SoCalGal 04-09-2025 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kingofbeer (Post 2422549)
We put our troops there because it benefits US interests over the entire world.

Still, they need to start paying the U.S. for their protection.

SoCalGal 04-09-2025 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bopat (Post 2422557)
I remember back in the 1990s when Walmart had a lot of USA made products.

Indeed, it was their claim to fame. Back in the ‘90s, Walmart leaned hard into the “Made in the USA” angle, and it was a big part of their public image. Sam Walton, the founder, kicked this off in the ‘80s with a campaign called “Bring It Back to America,” pushing suppliers to source domestically. By the early ‘90s, Walmart was plastering “Made in America” signs in stores, running ads with patriotic vibes, and claiming they were boosting U.S. jobs. A 1992 annual report bragged they’d added $1.5 billion in American-made goods that year alone. It wasn’t just PR fluff either—estimates from that era suggest 80-90% of their inventory was U.S.-sourced at one point, per trade journals and old news clips.

ithos 04-09-2025 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by kingofbeer (Post 2422606)
You sound like an "America First" bobblehead.

What loyal citizen doesn't believe that their country's interest should be considered a higher priority over all others?

ithos 04-09-2025 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by kingofbeer (Post 2422616)
Cut the spending. Cut defense spending, cut VA Benefits.

You can start cutting defense by bringing troops home which can be done if the country is energy independent and has a strong manufacturing economy.

As far as the VA is concerned I'll let someone else take that up.

SoCalGal 04-09-2025 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyLee (Post 2422536)
Pharmaceuticals/medicine are my main concern. We need to bring them home



Tariffs: An Opportunity for Drug Production in the USA – RedState

ithos 04-09-2025 11:04 AM

Is there anyone out there anticipating a "surprise" rate cut?

Eg_cruz 04-09-2025 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Whatnext (Post 2422153)
Better buy your new iPhone now before the possiblef 104% tariff materializes.
As they say, "its not over until the fat lady sings!"

I will wait for the new Tesla phone

kingofbeer 04-09-2025 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCalGal (Post 2422623)
Still, they need to start paying the U.S. for their protection.

We are protecting our interests abroad. Stopping China and Russian aggression. Fighting terrorist organization. Do you think smaller countries have the intelligence and military to do this on their own? US has always been the "policeman" of the civilized world.

DrHitch 04-09-2025 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2422206)
There are also things that MUST be made here. Pharmaceuticals are the most pressing, but there are others.

There is no product or service that "must" be made/created in the USA...we are only one of many players in the world's trade economy.

In fact, most pharmaceuticals are not manufactured in the USA ...Big Pharma needs to stop advertising on TV too.

golfing eagles 04-09-2025 12:31 PM

Global mfg will never relocate?????

It will if it is more profitable than manufacturing overseas.

Aces4 04-09-2025 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2422622)
But he does have a low golf handicap.

Not to mention he's has the mental acuity to play golf.:a040:

Aces4 04-09-2025 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DrHitch (Post 2422663)
There is no product or service that "must" be made/created in the USA...we are only one of many players in the world's trade economy.

In fact, most pharmaceuticals are not manufactured in the USA ...Big Pharma needs to stop advertising on TV too.

Therein lies the rub. Would you want any important drug, you may require now or down the road, be use as an availability weapon in a dispute between countries? If I needed nitroglycerin spray, powder or tablets under my tongue, I would want access to them guaranteed.


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