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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 4402117" data-attributes="member: 12508">Here&#039;s another GOP myth busted: We are not dependent on a global economy and are &quot;independent&quot;.Big companies are already telling the government to expect critical shortages of medicines and possibly, food, as foreign suppliers are either cut-off from the supply chain or shutdown because of quarantines.This is what happens when you outsource and off-shore to increase profits.It&#039;s completely ironic that the &quot;self-sufficiency&quot;,nationalist GOP fails to recognize just how dependent we are on foreign supplies. We are not self-sufficient, nor will we ever be. The disruption of global supply chains will further weaken the US economy as companies cannot get the raw materials and/or parts to manufacture whatever it is they make, sell, or inventory.Remember my earlier example of Winnebago? If you can&#039;t get your Chinese/Mexican/Indian produced parts for the RV, it cannot be completed and/or sold.Nobody but survivalists will be buying them now anyways, but maybe you see my point. And there aren&#039;t US sources for these parts any more because production is all off-shore.See the problem? Probably not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 4402117, member: 12508"] Here's another GOP myth busted: We are not dependent on a global economy and are "independent". Big companies are already telling the government to expect critical shortages of medicines and possibly, food, as foreign suppliers are either cut-off from the supply chain or shutdown because of quarantines. This is what happens when you outsource and off-shore to increase profits.It's completely ironic that the "self-sufficiency",nationalist GOP fails to recognize just how dependent we are on foreign supplies. We are not self-sufficient, nor will we ever be. The disruption of global supply chains will further weaken the US economy as companies cannot get the raw materials and/or parts to manufacture whatever it is they make, sell, or inventory. Remember my earlier example of Winnebago? If you can't get your Chinese/Mexican/Indian produced parts for the RV, it cannot be completed and/or sold. Nobody but survivalists will be buying them now anyways, but maybe you see my point. And there aren't US sources for these parts any more because production is all off-shore. See the problem? Probably not. [/QUOTE]

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