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I looked to see if those dollars were pegged to a specific year to control for inflation. Looks like the numbers might be "puffy".
by smitty1e 3y ago
I looked to see if those dollars were pegged to a specific year to control for inflation. Looks like the numbers might be "puffy".
- ceejayoz 3y ago$6B to $18B in the last few years cannot be explained by inflation.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoRight, inflation reduction act and China decoupling in general. Tangentially, Mexico is now the US' top trading partner, with China in 3rd place. Industrial real estate in Laredo, TX is exploding as part of this economic reconfiguration. https://www.marketplace.org/2023/11/21/with-mexico-the-top-u-s-trade-partner-industrial-real-estate-booms-in-laredo-texas/ https://www.marketplace.org/2023/11/21/with-mexico-the-top-u...
- hindsightbias 3y agoWhat we should have done 40 years ago. Bootstrapping Mexico/LA over Asia fixes a lot of problems. And easier to invade if tbey get out of line.
- Teever 3y ago> And easier to invade if tbey get out of line. Holy fuck man, the audacity of Americans.
- CapitalistCartr 3y agoWelcome to American history. That's how we've been doing it for the last couple centuries.
- SoftTalker 3y agoNothing uniquely American about it. It’s the history of humanity.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoWhat's uniquely American is how little they have been on the receiving end.
- jjoonathan 3y agoThank you Atlantic and Pacific!
- brightball 3y agoAnd Lockheed Martin
- local_crmdgeon 3y agohey whoa hey don't forget Raytheon and Electric Boat
- christkv 3y agoLast time was the war of 1812. Funnily enough the only war that does not have a more catchy name. Guess if you lose a war you don’t want to remember it really.
- brightball 3y agoIsn’t that where the national anthem came from?
- zmgsabst 3y agoI think the US suffered minor attacks on the mainland and invasion of Alaskan islands in WW2, in addition to the more well-known attacks at Pearl Harbor and Midway. Not sure if enough happened to count, though.
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- hooverd 3y agoClearly, Mexico should develop it's own nuclear program.
- api 3y agoThe bomb names would be awesome. Jalapeño could be the normal tactical warhead. Ghost pepper could be the thermonuclear fusion city buster.
- jjoonathan 3y agoPeanut is "maní" so a MIRV could be "Muchos Maní"
- hattmall 3y agoLet's be realistic, this is directly related to the Tax Cut and Jobs act and the USMCA. The IRA will have minimal impact and even those effects are yet to be realized. It wasn't rocket science, make it advantageous to produce your goods sold in America in America. Economies of scale will follow and make it true that producing goods for export makes sense too, even with the tax hit.
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- jlmorton 3y agoThe USMCA only tinkered with NAFTA. The principal changes are in the automotive and dairy industries, and they are extremely minor. This is certainly not a major component of the manufacturing construction boom. The TCJA could be having a larger impact, with immediate expensing of capital costs and depreciation provisions, but it was also passed 6 years ago.
- smitty1e 3y agoCertainly not entirely. My point was that the bare numbers could mislead a bit.
- mx20 3y agoA Lot of Energy intensive Companies in Germany and probably other European Countries, are leaving and going to the USA or China. Because of the high energy prices, we have now.