"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
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We're already competitive.

Oh yes? You're not competitive on production of foodstuffs or you
wouldn't have tariffs & quotas to keep foreign producion out.

Tariffs are a bad thing. So what? You still haven't shown how we are less
competitive.

Why would tariffs be imposed if we'd not lost our competitive edge?


You're not competitive on production of energy or you wouldn't be
importing oil & gas.

Well, let's remove all the regulations that protect the environment, then
I'm sure we'd be able to meet our demands. Now, you're just being silly.

Not silly, but a good point, actually. You can be competitive in energy
or you can have extreme environmental restrictions. You can't have both.
So is there a compromise somewhere in the middle?


Nuclear power!



You're not competitive on most manufactured goods or you'd be exporting
them, not importing them from China, Korea, Japan, Mexico etc etc.

Most? I guess Japan isn't very competitive either, right? They import all
of their oil.

Right. Japan isn't competitive. Nor do they have much oil reserve. We
do.


Japan reallocates capital and resources to other countries. They are very
competitive in manufacturing knowledge.


You're not competitive in space because you've let a sclerotic
organisation **** away resources & money.

Except, that we're the only ones who have a non-gov'tmental group who is
doing it.

You're marginal at best in pharmaceuticals; ditto with biotechnology.
So - tell me just what *are* you competitive in? Other than production
of sophisticated armaments, which work wonderfully well for winning
conventional wars, but are useless against popular insurrection?

I guess we're just one ****-poor country. I suggest you not use any of
our products or rely on any of our knowledge base. In fact, I suggest you
not come here. You'll be disappointed.

That sounds more like sour grapes than recognizing the problems we face,
Jon. And we face plenty of them, unfortunately. Pete isn't being anti-US
(this time), he's being honest. Too bad our own government can't be as
forthright.

Max

Jonathan is being a good patriot!