Canada wants to buy - US won't sell!

[L Gilbert]

It's true that we aren't as security conscious as Americans & someday, we will have a very rude awakening. No matter the cost, we are better off buying from our friends..the Americans.

Security conscious? Is that the PC term for being paranoid?
I think we rely too much on trade with the US. We live on a planet with over 100 countries. Surely trade with as many as possible would be better than having almost all our eggs in one basket, so to speak.
I know for damned sure that my puter is much better being a Heinz 57 model than say a comparable Compaq or some other proprietary model. It means when something burns out, I am not limited to 1 specific replacement part but a whole myriad of replacement parts.

 

[Lester]

No Matter the cost!? They should be giving us a deal for christ sake- They want us to fight a war, but they want to gouge the hell out of us while we're doing it. B.S. to that noise

 

[Lineman]

There's actually a few choices out there when it come s to buying military hardware. The extremes are represented by Russian tin and American steel but there's a lot of good product being developed and built by the Europeans. The Danish Naval upgrade projects are very impressive as well as affordable. The French have just built a very nice and cheap helicopter transport and the Germans and Spanish have some new Auxiliary Oilers that would do nicely to replace the Canadian Oiler/replenishment ship.
But, yes there's always the but, as Canadians are we willing to let our own industries such as shipbuilding disappear in order to save a few bucks? It will cost more to build in Canada but shipbuilding employees will be taxed and spend that cash here. The steel requirements would keep Canadian mills busy too.In my opinion it beats paying out cash to some Korean, or German or American dry dock worker who'll never buy anything Canadian except if he happens to splurge one night and buys a round of "foreign" Canadian beer in the bar.

 

[dancing-loon]

Do we really need all that stuff?

 

[Scott Free]

America doesn't have friends they have interests.