Trillion Dollar Question: IF We Get Our Democracy Back, How Do We Get Our Economy Back? [View all]

[Junkdrawer]

How do you rebuild a nation's economy which hasn't had to be competitive since, oh say, 1975?

We've been selling the world Dollars. Made in the USA. I believe that we've made it clear that competition there, say by a BRICS Bank, is a Casus Belli. So now we go to the same world and say "Loan us a few trillion and we'll build, say, advanced solar cell factories to compete with YOUR industries." Shocking, but I'm thinking the World just may stand there with a rye grin.

Not saying it's impossible, but damn. Talk about a hangover. Last advanced manufacturing plant I remember being built in this area was German/Japanese, part of a deal to allow access to our markets:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIDC_Westmoreland