[TheBlueMarvel]

This ill advised trade war is going to have a much wider scope should this protectionist stance continue. Whether people like it, or not, we exist in a global economy and manufacturing is always going to seek cheap labor for the production of low cost consumer goods. The compensation expectations of the average non-skilled worker in industrialized nations is simply too high for cheap consumer goods to be manufactured in those types of environments. Add automation to the equation and it starts to set in that manufacturing is all but dead in first world nations, but as I mentioned a few weeks ago, that's been a reality in America for forty years. I'm sorry to say this, but this is all going to get much worse. People may want to consider buying holiday gifts now, or better yet, start putting away as much money as you can.

The 2008 housing market implosion, subsequent recession, and unavoidable bailouts resulted in the largest transfer of wealth in American financial history. What could be better than that "perfect storm?" A predictable depression...

But hey everyone, I found two 80th anniversary Caps and grabbed another Nightcrawler today! Yaaaaaay!