Forum Post: does this mean the maybe the government will force companies by law to have workers in country?
Posted 12 years ago on March 18, 2012, 8:47 p.m. EST by gestopomillyy
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Sec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment in peacetime and in times of national emergency. The domestic industrial and technological base is the foundation for national defense preparedness. The authorities provided in the Act shall be used to strengthen this base and to ensure it is capable of responding to the national defense needs of the United States.
If that means what I think it means then that's wonderful. Ever since 9/11, if you want to get something done in this country the way to do it has been by pitching it as a matter of national security. Hell, we got the damn Patriot Act rammed down our throats because we were scared of terrorists. Something like this may contain language targeted at national security, but I can also see it used as a justification for a return to protectionism and an attempt to forcibly rebuild our manufacturing base.
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