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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on Saturday

This is a good example of unforeseen and unintended consequences.  Both by our current administration and those that voted to put them in charge.  That is what happens when inexperienced leaders are in charge.  And when voters do little or no due diligence in how they cast their ballot.

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Permalink Reply by Marc Stepman 14 hours ago

Our supply chains have been stretched for years.  Shortages  were common on things during previous administrations.  Our manufacturing has decreased to an alarming amount at least to me anyway.   We need to be able to manufacture necessary items in the electrical, energy, defense, and medical industry.  Since the 1980's our ability to manufacture has been eroded.  Will tariffs bring that back all that back?  I highly doubt that.     But both political parities are to blame with this one.  

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant 13 hours ago

Marc, In my opinion the previous administration took steps to remedy some of those manufacturing and supply chain issues.  Looking back at this point is useless.  The current administration is undoing much of what was done to address those issues in prior congresses. Here is one irrefutable fact - American consumers have become addicted to cheap goods manufactured over seas.  They will not pay the considerably higher price for those same goods manufactured here.  You are right about those items that deal with our security and our competitive position for technology critical in the future.  One party was trying to do something about those issues.  The current administration either doesn't care about those issues or are in the process of making them substantially worse.

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