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by NoMoreNicksLeft 861 days ago
The country you live in doesn't have the machines to make those goods.

The country that has the machines, wants cash. Where will you tax the revenue from? Are you hoping for some sort of technological charity? The Chinese will just ship us 10 million ass-wiping robots for the nursing homes for free, because they're a kind and benevolent people?

I understand things perfectly well.
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vsolina 861 days ago
That's a matter of organization, not production; No country is self-reliant in production of the high tech goods
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NoMoreNicksLeft 861 days ago
"Organization" won't make them give you the machines for free. And your tax base eroded out from under you.

If the country isn't self-reliant, no big deal... as long as they can pony up the cash. And your country can't do that either. Do you have any arguments that aren't pure sophistry?

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