Venus, the gist of what I was saying and it wasn't belittling the events of 9/11 is that it appears that more, not all, Americans are willing if not complacent to give up their right to privacy etc which is imho birthed of fear and one sign that the terrorists have won one little battle as far as that goes. The danger lies in letting things like that happen inch by inch until one day you look out and say, "how did this happen". I for one get the creeps whenever our govt tables some bill that might look innocent enough but could have far reaching consequences later on, better to nip them in the bud.
I don't think it's as simple as just closing down to foreign imports because you have to remember that for the last 100+ years US companies have been selling in the international arena as well, at times much to the displeasure of citizens in those other countries as well. From their very inception, outfits like Heinz, Hoover, Ford and others were very quick, within only a very few short years to get those products out there and were very successful. To suddenly say you're not taking in foreign imports means that US exports would be similarly turfed or tariffed elsewhere. The bottom line I think everyone here agree's on whether you're in the US, Canada or Europe is that we're all losing if not already lost our manufacturing jobs to China and it appears they have a very unfair advantage when it comes to low cost labor, basically zero safety and pollution controls compared to all the other industrialized nations here and in Europe.
I don't think it's as simple as just closing down to foreign imports because you have to remember that for the last 100+ years US companies have been selling in the international arena as well, at times much to the displeasure of citizens in those other countries as well. From their very inception, outfits like Heinz, Hoover, Ford and others were very quick, within only a very few short years to get those products out there and were very successful. To suddenly say you're not taking in foreign imports means that US exports would be similarly turfed or tariffed elsewhere. The bottom line I think everyone here agree's on whether you're in the US, Canada or Europe is that we're all losing if not already lost our manufacturing jobs to China and it appears they have a very unfair advantage when it comes to low cost labor, basically zero safety and pollution controls compared to all the other industrialized nations here and in Europe.
