Diamond Backs are bread, born, and raised right here. I know it’s not ammo but a fully American company none the less. No shipping blues for them.
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It’s really crazy! It’s just another manufactured problem designed to further stress the economy and citizens. This land has everything we need. The reason we haven’t been extracting rare earth minerals from this countries land is because the powers that be are trying to save it for when everyone else’s dries up. Use up everything every one else has first. Claims that it’s because the environment needs protecting are lies. If that were the case, why would they continue to do the drilling and mining on other people’s lands? It has the same effects there as it would here. This is also why China wants this land. They are running out of resources on their own land and know the United States is the most fruitful land in the world. We should be shipping products out and charging tariffs for the best products on the planet. Wouldn’t even need taxes at that point.
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You have far more faith in our governments ability to plan ahead and prepare than I do.
I believe the only reason we are outsourcing our raw materials and industrial production is because it’s cheaper, allowing corporations to increase their profits. It’s all about short term profits. Long term security and sustainability are not even on the radar.
China could bring us to our knees in a heartbeat by cutting off our supply of rare earth minerals. It would take us years to ramp up our mining capacity enough to meet our needs.
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I get what you are saying to a point, corporations try to reduce cost to compete, but you still have to keep in mind supply and demand. Honestly it is getting hard to find American made items. And I don’t mind paying a bit more for them.
Anyone notice our Sec of Transportation has been on leave since August…
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I think the problem is that along with corporations reducing costs anyway they can to maximize profits (ie offshoring), a lot of the demand in this country is for the cheapest products people can find. I would rather pay extra and buy something that will last a lifetime. But based on the supply I see on the shelves most people are happy buying cheap junk they will have to replace every couple years.
Agree it is hard to find things that are really made in America any more. Even many of the products that say “made in America” are assembled here but built mostly with parts from across the boarder or across the ocean. And given the developing work ethic in this country I’m not sure that made in America denotes the same quality it once di. Though I would rather keep Americans employed by buying American junk instead of buying Chinese junk.
We won WW2 largely because of our ability to outproduce our enemies. Think we will have a hard time ramping up production for the next major conflict. Though maybe that doesn’t matter in the nuclear age?
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Corporations maximize profit because that is their job. To make money. Just like we try to maximize our ammo purchases. It seems many want to ‘demonize’ corporations for doing the same as we do. How many people ask for a pay cut because they are not working as hard as their coworkers?
The demand here for the cheapest has a lot to do with it, totally agree there. And a lot of people like cheap, even if they spend more money over a few years replacing the cheap stuff with more cheap stuff when the cheap stuff breaks…
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I’m all for people and corporations profiting from their efforts. But when they aggressively and perpetually squeeze every penny they can from their employees and customers solely to raise the short term profits to astronomical levels for their CEOs and share holders then everyone looses in the long run.
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I’m afraid it’s gonna keep getting worse. You get all these containers in, and then try to move them out, will be the next cluster “F”. The next downfall is they say a shortage of truck drivers. Been saying that since I started trucking in 84.
Go figure. Plus nowadays to get into the ports you have to have federally mandated id, called a TWIC card to get in the gate. But consider who’s running that program as well. A process that takes time. Sure trains can move a lot of that off the port areas as well, but still have to get it from rail to warehouse. Plus those ships ain’t leaving empty, another process of time and effort to reload.
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It is ironic, but it is actually the Dem party, that supposedly is responsible for standing up for employees and customers, against the likes of Bezos, Zuck, Gates.
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It is better this way. He is 100% incompetent.
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Imagine if one of Trump’s appointees was doing the same.
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And now the rest of the story. 
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When American products are made, it doesn’t get stuck offshore waiting on dock workers to unload it.
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Is it bad that my first thoughts are “Who’s up for a game of Battleship?”
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There are ways do affect supply chains for US-made products too
- protests that block highways, unopposed by police
- fire truckers from job
- “take literally millions of automobiles off the road”, trucks too, with gas shortage/per-mile taxation/etc. devilish ideas
- create obstructive regulations
Depends on what you want to achieve, and how relentless you are.
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Let’s go Brandon!
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ah, now you are quoting the AG of TX, no less
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Definitely true. How often do you make comments to the employees, managers, etc., that you do not/will not buy Chinese and will pay more for USA-made goods? I make the companies aware of my displeasure. It does make a difference sometimes. If enough people complain, they will respond.
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Exactly 2, 589.
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