...let other countries specialize in other things (like agriculture or mining).
What if USA has more comparative advantage in agriculture and mineral resource extraction than in the industries you favor? Everywhere I go in Asia, restaurants brag about beef from USA, and many commodities are exported. Saudi is more concerned about frackers on the Great Plains than about the state oil ministries of Russia or Venezuela, which is why they crashed the petro market last year rather than e.g. five years ago.
What if USA has more comparative advantage in agriculture and mineral resource extraction than in the industries you favor? Everywhere I go in Asia, restaurants brag about beef from USA, and many commodities are exported. Saudi is more concerned about frackers on the Great Plains than about the state oil ministries of Russia or Venezuela, which is why they crashed the petro market last year rather than e.g. five years ago.