Its simple economics, Make and frabricate what we have the materials for here , our energy, our oil, our food , our meds , our electronics, and such and import what we do not have like coffee and rubber, off the top of my head. We have outsourced our futures for big business monetary gains, that our politicans make money off of from lobbiest. There is a solution other then "spend spend spend" which is the democratic party's motto.