huskerbob

Panel discussion on whether we really need a U.S. auto industry: Robert Reich, Robert Lawrence, Tyler Cowen, Mark Thoma, Deborah Swenson.

Isreal seems to do just fine without a massive domestic auto industry, and their neighbors are a more immediate threat than ours.
"We of couse need domestically made vehicles... in case of war."
What war are we talking about? Are Chrysler and Chevy a huge help in Afghanistan and Iraq? Can anyone imagine a scenario where we need to mobilize the economy to fight a war?
We can't fight a country with nukes or biological weapons or any of their allies unless we are not going to worry about having wmd's used against us. The remaining countries are so weak and isolated that it would not require us to mobilize our entire economy when we find an excuse to invade.