Self-sufficiency has a cost, to be sure. But it also has value. Same as with foreign dependence -- we are re-learning that foreign dependency has downsides.
The rebuilding of America's industry is the inverse of the pain experienced during the tearing down of these industries during the American industrial bloodletting of the 1970s, when production was sent "overseas" (primarily China).
For GenX and younger, it's almost difficult to appreciate that America built almost everything it needed (including electronic components), and was the best in the world, 50 short years ago. One could open up a television or an automobile, and every component was made here. Now it is quite impossible because we have surrendered certain industries.
The rebuilding of America's industry is the inverse of the pain experienced during the tearing down of these industries during the American industrial bloodletting of the 1970s, when production was sent "overseas" (primarily China).
For GenX and younger, it's almost difficult to appreciate that America built almost everything it needed (including electronic components), and was the best in the world, 50 short years ago. One could open up a television or an automobile, and every component was made here. Now it is quite impossible because we have surrendered certain industries.