• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Declining manufacturing in U.S. linked to Natiional Security

People need to get it through their heads that fewer jobs =/= less manufacturing. By that measure, if we replace 50 men digging with tiny cups with a 1 man running a backhoe, less material is being excavated.
 
The real threat to national security is that we can't produce any military hardware without gold-plating it to beyond absurd costs. If we got into another cold war style arms race, I worry that this time we might be the ones who bankrupt ourselves by overspending. The military industrial complex has become some unholy combination of congressional pork and corporate profiteering.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom