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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:13 PM Original message |
If China cut off exports tomorrow, could the US rebuild it's industries.... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes and my trash can would be less full too :-0 nt |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, We destroyed much of what was outsourced to China |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How long did Germany, Japan and France take to rebuild... |
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progpen (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. That was with help from the US... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. What, no Saudi Marshall Plan? |
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progpen (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. LOL |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I agree... destroyed, sold |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Also education no longer teaches skills trade |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm thinking 20 years, minimum |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. But we're still here |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Not for long... |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I was referring to skills on hand |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. the chinese bought a lot of the factories as well- |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. China is by far the largest producer and consumer of steel |
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PFunk (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, But it would take years if not decades to do so. And it will be painful. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's what I'm thinking... |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I think it would be less painful |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I am constantly amazed that we're doing as well as we are... |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. We can't defy gravity forever. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Of course we could. We would have to. But it would take a while. |
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progpen (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. It would take at least a generation... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. I think China could create consumers faster than we could create factories n/t |
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focusfan (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. We could do it and I wish we would afterall we are not stupid just lazy. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. All humans tend toward laziness, nature doesn't require work, only other humans do. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. It Would Hurt China More Than Us Fo Sure |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. They would have to start paying their workers enough to buy their own goods... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Each State should have it's own plan...if they don't then they |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. "States need to start watching out for themselves..." Bingo! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. about 2- 5 yrs |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I shop at the site of the nation's once thriving steel mills... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. i worked at one of those thriving steel mills and a steel forging plant |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It really is staggering when you think about what would have to be rebuilt... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. What is staggering is how many good jobs would be filled doing the rebuilding |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. word~ |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Let me be clear: |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yes. Easier than you would think. |
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