Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "The US is at an Inflection Point in International Maritime Affairs u0026 Needs Reforms" video.

  1. This is assuming that we have maintenance up to standard. Not just for the carriers, but the escorts. And I don't think you have the the aviators and maintenance crews to fill those air wings if you had to.
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  2. To be honest, some of those people are right in his own administration.....
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  3. ​ @darwinjina frankly being US built doesn't mean "great." An American yards can't compete with the labor costs.
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  4. We have a national debt of 31 trillion dollars and growing. And a handful of ship yards. That kind of ship building number is not going to happen.
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  5.  @MM-yl9gn  protectionism of the type your talking about, would lead to Greater economic Doom.
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  6.  @jacobjorgenson9285  I'm not sure about that. Most union members today are public sector workers. The days when it was mostly Auto workers and Teamsters is honestly.
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  7.  @coachwendy5618  Some would disagree....https://youtu.be/hK9_70pLX2M?si=u07rxzc7cri4S09L
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  8.  @coachwendy5618  most systems really aren't that particularly Secret. There's nothing particularly secret about Hull design or power plants. And we subcontract with suppliers worldwide. I don't think there is a significant difference between a yard and South Korea or Japan versus Mississippi or Maine? Weapon systems, Electronics, software and other things can be done elsewhere.
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  9. Cheaper labor and environmental regs. You could say the same about a lot of industries...
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  10. High cost of US labor. That's why nobody builds cruise ships here.
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  11.  @moki123g  Greed? No... basic capitalism.
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  12. Not sure the effort will go very far? Low on the priority list.
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  13. Would you mind please rewording your comment? It really comes off badly.
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  14. He still holds the title of President of The United States. It's his administration and his watch.
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  15.  @sayrerowan734  not BS at all.
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  16.  @sayrerowan734  it sounds like you are the one with the axe to grind here.😏
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  17. Is China dying? China is evolving.
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