Quote Originally Posted by The Figment
Under the thought of the US Becoming an "Info" Based Economy, I have Two Questions....

1. In case of wartime productions-Where does the US get its Ore for Steel and Aluminum and where is it Processed into usable Products like Ammo/Ships/Tanks/Planes?? (Assuming that there is a naval blockade of US waters or the war we would be fighting disrupted the Supply Lines from these areas of the world that currently supply the US)

2. Considering that a workforce trained into earning its living in an "Info Economy" sit behind a desk and run a Computer where do you figure the find the Personnel to work in the factorys that build War Supples....You need all kinds of Skilled Employees in the Steel and Manufacturing Industrys to do this and we have sent These Jobs Overseas!! (Sorry you cant build a Tank without the help of a good Welder)

This is my Bitch about "Outsourcing" what is now considered "Manual Unskilled Labor" (Like a GOOD Welder is "Unskilled",My Ass!!) is that at some point in US history we as a nation will not be able to defend ourselves without having to pull an "Iraqi War" Style Stunt on some country we have no Beef with for their Resources and Manufacturing Base just because We lacked the foresight to see this.
You would have to look at the production possibilities curve, in which opportunity cost is limited to maximize efficiency. A third wave economy in theory generates the majority of its net exports from such ventures. At some given level, it would be more costly to import instead of domestic production.

Alcoa, the US's aluminum gem, is all throughout Europe and Asia.

Maybe i should have been more specific.