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That sounds like a good idea until you realize that the military does is state owned anyway. The private sector supplies everything. But it's not like the milit
by nerdponx 2y ago
That sounds like a good idea until you realize that the military does is state owned anyway. The private sector supplies everything. But it's not like the military makes any of its own stuff. They buy all their trucks, guns, body armor, ammunition, radios, helicopters, boats, etc. etc. from private companies.
- newsclues 2y agoYeah, and so does Boeing so own the contractor and cut out a big cost. Lots of countries own state arms manufacturers. Doesn’t mean the state would takeover the entire supply chain.
- nerdponx 2y agoI'm not saying it can't or shouldn't be done. It's that we don't have anything like a state military manufacturing industry currently, so it would be a new and significant undertaking to nationalize a company like Boeing.
- newsclues 2y agoNot entirely true https://dnr.mo.gov/waste-recycling/sites-regulated-facilities/federal/lake-city-army-ammunition-plant#:~:text=the%20U.S.%20Army.-,Lake%20City%20AAP%20is%20the%20largest%20small%20arms%20(5.56%20%2D%2020,continuous%20production%20since%20October%201941 https://dnr.mo.gov/waste-recycling/sites-regulated-facilitie.... Look I understand it’s not done enough thus my proposal to do so. It can be done, it should be done but it is not done widely because of $$$