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bucolic_frolic

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26. Global trade is in full retreat, as is manufacture

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 01:48 PM

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This is not tweaking tax rates. This is whacking at the foundation of the world economy with a sledge hammer. If you need critical parts, replacement parts, replacement parts ... DUers, now is the time. By next winter it could be that some, or many, foreign sourced items disappear from shelves and availability.

Do we make shoelaces in the US? Oil filters? O-Rings? Vacuum bags?

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