The Re-Declaration of American Independence

     For Decades, Washington Snubbed Our Founding Fathers’ Vision for Independence, Security and True Wealth. But President Trump Is Doing Everything in His Power to Make Sure America Becomes Great Again...

Over 200 years ago, a band of visionaries came together and shocked the world.

They broke the shackles that tethered them to the biggest superpower at the time by drafting the following…

     “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them…”

And with these words our great nation was born.

We went from a frail economy completely dependent on Great Britain…

To an independent economic powerhouse.

We built up the strongest military the world has ever seen…

We created a robust banking system based on the dollar — which still stands as the world’s reserve currency.

And we went from surviving on fishing, tobacco and cotton farming…

To thriving in the Industrial Revolution with inventions like the cotton gin, steamboat and assembly line.

This launched America’s manufacturing sector into high gear.

For decades, it was the backbone of our nation, and it influenced the entire world.

It helped end World War II…

Rebuild Europe in the aftermath of all the destruction…

It also helped us take down the Soviet Empire in the Cold War.

     And along the way, it paved the way for companies like General Motors, Ford, Boeing, Maytag and Levi Strauss to become symbols of true workmanship.

     Foreigners and citizens alike had a sense of pride to own something stamped with the words: “Made in America.”

These three words came to represent quality and ingenuity.

     And most importantly, they represent our Founding Fathers’ wish to become a truly independent nation that could provide life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to its citizens.

However, there’s been a betrayal…

Our independence, security and wealth have come under siege.

Over the years, our politicians and business leaders have turned their backs on our Founding Fathers.

Instead of “dissolving the political bands” that connected us to Britain … we’re building them back up.

     Only this time, it’s a spider web of bands that make us dependent on countries like Mexico, Malaysia, Vietnam, India and most notably — China.

With each passing year, more and more products have been made overseas.

Consider this…

In 1965, manufacturing made up 53% of the U.S. economy.

Two decades later in 1998, that number dropped to 39%.

Then in 2019, it plunged to 11%.

That’s the lowest level since 1947!

And today, this has triggered an unprecedented shift…

China has Officially Dethroned The U.S. as The World’s Major Trading Partner

In 2000, as many as 80% of countries traded with the U.S.

Now that number is a mere 30%.

     Our allies — who we stood by during the toughest times … who once admired us … such as Australia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Sweden and many others — have abandoned us in favor of China.

And American businesses followed the same pattern.

Apple closed their main Silicon Valley factory in 1992.

It went from making nearly all their products here, to just one.

As The Wall Street Journal reported: “Tim Cook and Apple bet everything on China.”

It’s not the only company either. Not by a long shot…

In the late ‘80s, IBM shut down five manufacturing factories and cut 228,000 people from their workforce.

It was a decision that one executive said “was driven by advances in manufacturing technology.”

That’s corporate speak for “we can do it cheaper in China.”

Now, the company has more employees abroad then in the U.S.

And IBM’s five factories are nothing compared to what others have done…

GM closed nine manufacturing plants.

Levi Strauss shut down an astounding 60 factories across the country.

And the price paid has been American jobs.

Over 3 million jobs have vaporized since 1998.

And this has cost American working-class communities dearly.

One employee who worked for Levi Strauss for 32 years said: “It was like a death in the family.”

     All the shuttered warehouses and factories across the country represent tombstones where these workers’ hopes and dreams have died.

America, once the model of a true independent nation, has become dependent.

We rely on foreign countries to supply us for our most basic needs.

Shoes are made in China, Vietnam and Indonesia…

The computer or smart phone you might be viewing this on is likely from China.

And even American cars aren’t really made here.

     To get classified as “Made in America” a car just needs to be assembled here and have 50% of its parts supplied from North America.

Yes, North America … meaning a component can come from Mexico or Canada and that would count.

And we even rely on China for Pharmaceutical Drugs and Medical Supplies.

This puts you, me and every other American at risk.

Nowhere is this clearer than the corona virus pandemic.

Ventilators are being rationed out to those “most likely to survive”…

Masks and gloves are in short supply…

In just a few short weeks, the Strategic National Stockpile was all tapped out.

And even, critical medical supplies are stuck in China with no airplanes to ship them.

     This whole situation looks like something you would see in a developing country — not in an economic powerhouse like the U.S.

However, there’s good news…

This Crisis Will Accelerate President Trump’s Top-priority Executive Order...

A mission he’s had since the day he first set foot in the Oval Office…

     It aims to bring American jobs back … revitalize the manufacturing sector … and fulfil our Founding Fathers’ vision for independence

Which is why I call it the Re-Declaration of American Independence.

So all those headlines that have plastered the media in the past decade…

And even the recent ones from this pandemic…

     Starting right here … right now, President Trump is about to reverse the decades-long decline of the manufacturing sector and re-establish American independence.

No longer will we rely on foreign countries for supplies that are critical to our nation’s health and security.

Products won’t be just cobbled together in America with parts from all over the world…

They’ll be “Made in America” from start to finish.

     The shoes on your feet … the cars that you drive … and even those depleted medical supplies — they can all be made right here.

And everything will be top-notch quality.

It’s now a matter of national economic priority and security that dates back to our Founding Fathers.

     Back then, imperial powers had colonies for one reason: They wanted more places to sell their manufactured goods to in order to become wealthier.

So our 13 original colonies were just a marketplace for British goods.

And that’s why we declared independence.

How is that any different than what’s happening today?

America is just a huge market for goods made in countries like Malaysia, Vietnam and China.

That’s why a robust manufacturing sector was a top priority for our Founding Fathers.

     Our first Treasury secretary of the U.S., Alexander Hamilton, wrote about the need for industrial self-sufficiency in a paper called the “Report on Manufactures.”

He wrote:

     Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufactures.

     Every nation, with a view to those great objects, ought to endeavor to possess within itself all the essentials of national supply. These comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing, and defense.

     The possession of these is necessary to the perfection of the body politic; to the safety as well as to the welfare of the society; the want of either is the want of an important organ of political life and motion; and in the various crises which await a state, it must severely feel the effects of any such deficiency.

     And over the years, we did have the manufacturing that provided the independence, security and wealth for our citizens.

     During World War II, a single American factory called the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant cranked out more tanks than all of Nazi Germany.

Michigan’s Willow Run Bomber Plant produced a B-24 Liberator every hour around the clock.

And Liberty shipyards built 400-foot transport ships in as little as five days.

According to General Eisenhower, this was the deciding factor in the war.

But these factories are now long gone.

And since the late ‘80s, America’s manufacturing might has rapidly declined.

It has been shipped overseas along with jobs.

And we’ve slowly become colonies to other countries.

     Manufacturing is the key to bringing jobs back and restoring prosperity. An independent study shows that for every $1 spent in manufacturing, we get $2.74 back in economic growth.

That’s the highest of any sector.

And for every one worker in manufacturing… five additional employees are hired elsewhere.

Trump is a businessman at heart. He knows this.

Which is why he made manufacturing one of his top priorities since he set foot in the Oval Office.

And on April 2017, he penned the executive order that I call the Re-Declaration of American Independence.

     He declared: “We’re going to do everything in our power to make sure that more products are stamped with those wonderful words: ‘Made in the USA.’”

And now, everyone finally understands the importance of this.

The New York Times reports: “Coronavirus Spurs U.S. Efforts to End China’s Chokehold on Drugs.”

     Congressman Chuck Fleischmann said: “We must prioritize the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and critical medical supplies in America.”

     Everyday Americans are even writing into smaller publications with their opinions. Here’s one I found from a newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin.

A man named Dave G. wrote:

     “If there is anything positive that has come forward from the recent corona virus, it is the obvious need to return to products made in the U.S.”

Trump’s Re-Declaration of American Independence is finally getting full-fledged support.

Nobody would be foolish enough to resist this after what we’re experiencing right now.

     It’s creating a situation that the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, said “could help quicken the pace at which jobs and manufacturing are returning to the U.S. from overseas.”

And that’s why…

     the possibilities of what can be “Made in America” have expanded.

It was all happening before the pandemic unfolded.

And it was reflected in the numbers…

     Since Trump’s Re-Declaration of American Independence, over half a million jobs have been created. Two hundred sixty thousand were created in one year alone.

Manufacturing jobs were created at six times the pace of Obama’s last two years.

According to a National Association of Manufacturing survey, optimism soared to record highs.

And production climbed off the charts.

We’ve reversed the decline of the Obama years and are heading into a small manufacturing boom.

And on the heels of this pandemic, we’re going to see an even bigger boom that could soar off the charts.

Our critical supplies could be made right here in the U.S.

Jeff Yastine
Editor, Total Wealth Insider
BanyanHill.com

May, 2020

edited by JP @ www.avoicewithinamerica.com