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Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder - What has gradually disappeared over the last 20 years without people really noticing?
https://x.com/NostalgiaFolder/status/1908223624450105798
NWS Weather Prediction Center @NWSWPC - Update on observed rainfall amounts the last 4 days over the Mid-South and Ohio Valley. The heaviest rain has exited these areas, but widespread and exceedingly rare major river flooding will continue through mid week. Visit http://water.noaa.gov more more information.
https://x.com/NWSWPC/status/1908940836336730344
Oak Ridge Lab @ORNL ORNL’s advanced research facilities and history of driving innovations in reactor technology could help enhance energy resilience at @USArmy installations
https://www.ornl.gov/news/us-army-ornl-explore-new-approaches-nuclear-energy-infrastructure
https://x.com/ORNL/status/1908160378468520071
Professor Woodstock - America First @profwoodstock - The slow and intentional shift from a manufacturing economy to a service economy put us in this situation. It's been going on for decades. The stage was set with LBJ Great Society.
We shifted from a country that makes things to a country that consumes things. Accordingly, companies adapted and fueled the race to the bottom on prices. Walmart used to pride itself on selling Made in the USA. They left that behind and became the low price leader (as one example).
We export raw materials and import finished goods. If you look at container ships departing the US, they ride much lower in the water because they are packed with rocks and trees. Arriving ships ride high because they are packed with finished goods that weigh less. Ask a port worker and they will tell you the noticeable difference.
This is the reality, American companies export raw materials from the US to manufacturers to create finished goods, then import those finished goods back into the US. Less wealthy Asian countries take advantage of this, adding levies and other trade barriers as a means of extracting wealth from rich American corporations.
Wolverine Worldwide is a good example. They make Merrill work boots and Hush Puppies shoes. Raw hides, a byproduct of beef processing, are exported to make shoes in Vietnam. Wolverine pays tariffs to Vietnam, who gets paid to give Wolverine access to their labor market. They then import the shoes to the US and pay tariffs to the US. The price of shoes and boots includes the cost of tariffs (both Vietnamese and American). As an aside, the US is the world's largest source of beef hides. Burger or steak anyone?
The irony is Wolverine, as one example of many, pays the tariffs on both ends. Remember, we don't export all that many finished goods. That was gutted with NAFTA and other free trade policies, again dating back to LBJ.
This is what Trump's tariffs are attempting to change. Wolverine could make their boots and shoes here and forego the tariffs. Up till now, the cost of tariffs and transportation was offset by cheap overseas labor.
Don't even think about the carbon footprint of the transportation and dirty manufacturing practices other countries employ. They would break an environmentalist's brain.
Last note, deregulation is a huge factor in reshoring our manufacturing. It's been regulated out of existence as much as sold out for cheap labor.
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.Rai ji.. @Vinod_r108 It's time to cleanse your timeline with this wholesome thread
1. Two photos and 43 years of difference ...
Beautiful bonding between Mother-Son.
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Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 - Hi Greisa — We have an app for that. We suggest you check out the new CBP Home App to self-deport.
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