Commentary President Joe Biden’s handlers and supporters portray him as a new Franklin Delano Roosevelt. If he were, he would continue President Donald Trump’s hardline stance against China and work to return our military supply chain to our nation’s shores. The federal government needs to do what Roosevelt did during World War II and ramp up investment in critical infrastructure aspects, including mining, defense plants, and shipyards. If the storm clouds of war with China and Russia materialize, the United States lacks the capacity to churn out adequate transport ships, frigates, destroyers, and other warships to replace those that would inevitably be destroyed in the event of hostilities. This administration’s infrastructure rhetoric could be more wisely spent on investing these trillions in reconstituting the nation’s industrial base. Government investment in industry in the run up to World War II provided the leverage that made it possible for the nation’s economy …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta