Hmmm!
Pat... You are quite the economist. Who would have known Now what are you building next? (Plantation shutters, another cutting board, something requiring a band saw perhaps?)... awe just kidding See you at work!
By the way.. did you notice which branch is gaining the criticism's for overseas $$$. "Chair Force".
Dewey
Originally Posted by
Pat Germain
Much of military manufacturing is still in the US; Navy ships, tanks, helicopters, trucks, jeeps and artillery pieces for example. Many small arms, both civilian and military, are also cranked out from US factories.
Although, even those areas are going more global. Much is being made of the Air Force's decision to go with an EADS (Airbus) platform for a new airborne tanker. In truth, had Boeing won that contract, much of their manufacturing would also had been overseas.
I still say there's way too much doom and gloom here. And yes, there are many people who benefit from preaching such negativity. Politicians, primarily.
Dewey
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