I've been a paid subscriber for some time now, and I've come to realize that money alone doesn't adequately express what your work means to those of us reading. So I wanted to take a moment to say something directly.
What sets your writing apart isn't just the extraordinary range — moving seamlessly from mRNA biochemistry to global fertilizer supply chains to cognitive warfare doctrine — it's the intellectual honesty that threads through all of it. You show your work. The references are there. The reasoning is laid bare. In an era where most public intellectuals operate as little more than narrative enforcement, you treat your readers as adults capable of following the evidence wherever it leads.
For example, reading "The Coming Shortages," I was struck again by how you manage to sound the alarm without ever descending into hysteria. The analysis of China's fertilizer export restrictions — cutting 50 to 80 percent of volumes — and what that means cascading through energy, then fertilizer, then food, is the kind of clear-eyed systems thinking that has all but vanished from public discourse. You're not just describing a problem; you're giving people a framework to understand what's coming so they can act.
And I have to say: the fact that you produce this caliber of work while running a Virginia homestead with Jill, with your own hands in the soil, practicing what you preach about preparedness and self-reliance — it speaks to an integrity that can't be faked. You're not a pundit in a studio. You're a man who has thought deeply about what's coming and has oriented his entire life accordingly.
Please know that for every comment you see, there are thousands of us reading quietly, taking notes, adjusting our lives based on your analysis, and feeling profoundly grateful that someone with your credentials and your courage is willing to stand in the open and speak the truth. The personal cost of doing so has clearly been enormous, and you've paid it without flinching.
Thank you for such a perfect compliment to Dr. Malone. I have been reading his work since the Pandemic. It is easy to forget that the reason America's dialog has become drivel is that most people don't read work such as Dr. Malone's critical writings and instead rely on postings on social media as a basis for what they believe.
The Malone’s have built trust and displayed virtue like very few in this day and age. If the Nobel prize still meant anything they would be honorable and worthy recipients.
Thank you, If888, for taking the time and making the effort to express so eloquently what so many of us think and feel about Dr. Robert W. Malone. It’s one thing to be in the battle; it’s quite another to be in the cauldron and still maintain one’s unfettered courage, grace and dignity while at the same time not compromising one bit along the way in the fight for what is right and good and true. This man is a role model for us all.
What grabbed me was the paragraph "The lesson is straightforward" The last sentence sounds like our situation now in this country. We have grown to a nation of excessive comfort and overspending our means. The national credit card debt seems to reflect this need of out of control, superficial face that says "See me, I am glamorous, wealthy and happy because of it" Then apply that same picture to the reflection of the government. Something needs to change in peoples values. We are showing a picture that is inside out. Deep inner questions of what constitutes real value, not superficial show. We have little to show as a role model except the homestead model, and the revision of it for city dwellers. Is time on our side?
I am trying not to be negative, but it is difficult to think that time is on our side. However, I am always hopeful.
It is very difficult to go from an indulgent society to a more Spartan existence.
I have lived long enough to have seen rationing during WWII and all of the success and conveniences since that time that have become expectations. So it rings hollow when I hear the moans about the affordability crisis as I drive past the long lines at Starbucks or McDonald's.
It's true. I used to enjoy visiting places like that now and then. Now I can no longer afford to. I guess others just put it on their credit card and cross their fingers.
These are good points, somewhat addressed in my main comment.
No, time is not on our side. This is one reason why I sometimes get a bit strident, both here and other places I comment. Time is running short. Yet many of us have not even made the basic discoveries we need to move forward. My teacher once called our potential future "the black pit of oblivion." This implies that there are some things we need to remember; and that is very true.
But I always hoped I could get at least a few of you to go ahead and study the material anyway. Like so many of us study the Bible. While some of us have "experienced God," how many of us believe in God anyway? His creative powers are considered manifest in our world, so we run with the belief. Well, there is much more to learn along this line. And it gives us at least a starting place to address concerns of over-consumption and a disregard for the plight of others. These concerns are very real.
Belief in God or not, the universe is the obvious... there is no "time is running short" it is eternal time, just like us until we morph into oneness. This is the schoolroom effect, no escaping the lessons.
This is an interesting, somewhat attractive view of life. I definitely do not subscribe to it. We all started out as free beings. How much longer are you willing to stand down before we all turn into rocks on some abandoned shore, washed by the incessant waves and totally unable to resist?
I couldn't help but think of the "first principles" basis for Elon Musk's businesses. When facing the rising costs for lithium, Tesla developed a new, more environmentally friendly method for taking domestic raw material and processing it on site for their uses. There will be more of that. And the US government won't be handing out taxpayer money for it.
Tesla's lithium refinery in Robstown, Texas, near Corpus Christi, is now fully operational as of January 2026, marking the first spodumene-to-lithium hydroxide refining facility in North America. CEO Elon Musk has described the site as the largest and most advanced lithium refinery in the United States, designed to produce enough battery-grade lithium hydroxide to manufacture one million electric vehicles annually.
Innovative Acid-Free Process: The facility utilizes a unique technology platform that processes spodumene, a lithium-rich hard-rock ore, directly into battery-grade lithium hydroxide without using sulfuric acid. This alkaline leaching method bypasses traditional intermediate steps, eliminating hazardous byproducts like sodium sulfate and instead producing analcite, a benign co-product used in concrete mixes. Musk claims the process is simpler, less expensive, and cleaner than conventional refining, asserting there are no toxic emissions.
Strategic Impact and Timeline: Breaking ground in May 2023 with an initial investment of $375 million (projected to exceed $1 billion upon completion), the refinery aims to reduce reliance on foreign processing, particularly from China. The project achieved a rapid timeline, moving from construction to integrated plant startup by 2025 to support Tesla's domestic battery supply chain and Gigafactory Texas production.
Excellent overview! May the 250th celebration of our Independence be a rededication to US sovereignty AND government limited to ensuring both sovereignty and personal liberty.
"Where possible, the answer should be to remove obstacles rather than create new programs. Reform permitting. Cut unnecessary regulations. Open access to domestic resources. Encourage investment. Build things again. A nation becomes stronger when its citizens and businesses are free to create wealth and produce what the country needs, not when they become dependent on government support."
There was so much to think about in this critical article. I know that the current administration must better communicate why they are doing what they are doing. You would think that people would be able to connect the dots that reshoring would mean more cost. But I guess the average American doesn't understand that without being told again and again?
My great grandparents came to Idaho in 1905 and bought a homestead and began farming in mile-high country. As the less hardy homesteaders left my grandparents would buy these places until they had a farm large enough to make a decent living. That is the farm that I grew up on. There is something about farming and ranching where you truly are reliant on the riches of the earth that you plow and the weather that comes at will that makes you have a very realistic and humble understanding of what really matters.
Now that we have moved to a city in our old age and see how most people have to live, I don't know if today's culture can survive. "Hardy" is not a word that comes to mind anymore.
I just keep praying that people will be able to see the whole picture that you have so accurately described and that they will dig deep for that hardiness needed at times like these.
Beautiful! There is a ranch up in May, Idaho that sends out a newsletter that reminds me what hardy looks like. And their passion for good stewardship of land, creatures, and people is beyond inspiring. Alderspring. Do you know them?
Keep hearing about how inexpensive products made in china are but rarely is mentioned how shoddy they are. Have replaced the "made in Japan" of the 50s for describing poor quality
I think we are looking at a future that involves reusing many items that we now throw away. I recently bought a very nice computer on eBay for $50. And found monitors at Goodwill for $5. They work great.
As an electronics hobbyist, I have experienced some of the cheap products from China, and yes they were often of grossly inferior quality.
I even buy a particular type of shoe (gently used) that work well for me off of ebay. Super grateful to "harvest" the unwanted superior product of some years ago as opposed to buying shoes made in last year or so that have the soles fall off after a few months of use.
A global look at the dynamics of socio-economic interplay across the globe with many distortions created by countries and corporations that want to control resources. The most critical area in my view that has not been explored is how healthcare costs have driven manufacturing out of the US. I recall reading 40 years ago that healthcare cost burden per car produced was $1500. Only high automation has save the industry.
China is controlling many of the pharmaceutical raw materiel resources and between China and India they are controlling the majority of generic drug production with out the proper oversight to ensure the drugs are properly tested for potency and are not contaminated. FDA does not have the manpower or the authority to act properly.
President Trump sees the need to make the US self sufficient and political push back keeps hampering the goals. In his first term, he encouraged Kodak to become a pharmaceutical generic producer. Again he was highly criticized for his view. Big Pharma finds the lowest cost producer to create their pharmaceuticals to maximize their bottom line. Zantac was contaminated with a cancer causing agent from China and was removed from the market. It caused stomach cancer. A friend died of stomach cancer.
The bottom line is is that it is time for the FDA to be the independent regulator and not the regulated. In addition an independent watch dog agency needs to have the power to stop the production of deadly drugs and prosecute the producer on a criminal basis.
Gardiner Harris in his book "No More Tears" explains in depth why it must be done. RFK Jr. needs President Trump's 100% non wavering support to accomplish what needs to be done to stop the criminality in the drug sector.
I genuinely admire the Malone work ethic. It’s almost like they’re half Amish and half scientists. One things for sure between Jill and Robert they are the hardest working two people ever!
A great piece of the puzzle. Agreed that most people/politicians/net countries focus on controlling raw material inputs. But, Julian Simon made clear in 1981 with "The Ultimate Resource 2" that the true resource is the inventiveness of your population. This makes the control of physical resources useless long-term as individuals discover work-arounds when anything needed is in short supply. In my estimation this was the greatest economics text ever published and now ignored as used copies can be had for less than $9.
Great price is your link. Too many pages for me but the lengthy reviews on Thriftbooks have calmed my senses.
Mr. Julien probably didn't anticipate in his warnings, how LEARNED HELPLESSNESS is spread so expeditiously in today's digital world. Learned Helplessness once at the core of individuals' self-perception, the Evil Ones, can do with us, what they wish.
Mr. Julien was pointing out to us in his 600+ pages, we CAN and Have ALWAYS solved problems as they arose.
And what the Evils REALLY don't want us to Know, is that as we develop our God given (in His likeness) abilities, we become closer to God, more like Him. That IS the mission of life, as a Christian.
If we skip a bunch of steps, we're not building those abilities with strength. The Evil Ones know this all.
I wish President Trump would realize AI is very dangerous to humanity. Despair, Weakness, Sin is so easily attained via AI. It is already seen, it's made us weaker, less able.
This explanation needs to be shared with American people. Too bad we don’t have news journalists willing to do so. Way I see it we don’t have a choice but to control and manufacture critical goods we need but should let people decide whether we want to pay more for American made tv’s etc.
Fracking is a great example of how much our lives could improve by developing these key supply chaines domesticaly. It would be an easy sell in my opinion.
Many years ago a teacher reviewed (and demonstrated) how most of, if not all, the major conflict wars could be broken down into aggression for or defense of important minerals. It's still true.
Good analysis. It is amazing to me the number of ways that the US political class and corporate elites have formulated to divert US taxpayer money to pet projects and special interests. In my mind, we are doing ourselves a big favor by continuing to identify fraud, and its perpetrators.
Then we at least have a fighting chance of passing value judgments on US Government expenditures, curtailing spending where cost, benefit analysis comes up short, and investing more where most favorable to US Citizens’ interests.
Some inflation to accomplish strategic independence will be acceptable to those who value national security over affordability. I would like to see a breakdown though of the proportion of inflation we are seeing attributable to this, versus that attributable to government overspending resulting in devaluation of the dollar through increased money supply.
It is not clear to me how much increasing costs are due to this strategically necessary inflation versus underlying inflation caused by government overspending including waste, fraud, inefficiency and deliberate giving away of money the treasury does not have to give away. Inflation attributable to excessive government spending started (and was higher) well before we had an administration trying to shore up national security through self-reliance.
Dr. Malone,
I've been a paid subscriber for some time now, and I've come to realize that money alone doesn't adequately express what your work means to those of us reading. So I wanted to take a moment to say something directly.
What sets your writing apart isn't just the extraordinary range — moving seamlessly from mRNA biochemistry to global fertilizer supply chains to cognitive warfare doctrine — it's the intellectual honesty that threads through all of it. You show your work. The references are there. The reasoning is laid bare. In an era where most public intellectuals operate as little more than narrative enforcement, you treat your readers as adults capable of following the evidence wherever it leads.
For example, reading "The Coming Shortages," I was struck again by how you manage to sound the alarm without ever descending into hysteria. The analysis of China's fertilizer export restrictions — cutting 50 to 80 percent of volumes — and what that means cascading through energy, then fertilizer, then food, is the kind of clear-eyed systems thinking that has all but vanished from public discourse. You're not just describing a problem; you're giving people a framework to understand what's coming so they can act.
And I have to say: the fact that you produce this caliber of work while running a Virginia homestead with Jill, with your own hands in the soil, practicing what you preach about preparedness and self-reliance — it speaks to an integrity that can't be faked. You're not a pundit in a studio. You're a man who has thought deeply about what's coming and has oriented his entire life accordingly.
Please know that for every comment you see, there are thousands of us reading quietly, taking notes, adjusting our lives based on your analysis, and feeling profoundly grateful that someone with your credentials and your courage is willing to stand in the open and speak the truth. The personal cost of doing so has clearly been enormous, and you've paid it without flinching.
Thank you. Truly.
Wow - this made my day... thank you!
What a beautiful tribute. You do speak for many here, I am sure, and in words that cover our bases. Thank you "ifyouonlyknew888".
Exactly right…well stated. Truly a skilled gift being utilized at the right time in history.
Thank you for such a perfect compliment to Dr. Malone. I have been reading his work since the Pandemic. It is easy to forget that the reason America's dialog has become drivel is that most people don't read work such as Dr. Malone's critical writings and instead rely on postings on social media as a basis for what they believe.
Ditto
The Malone’s have built trust and displayed virtue like very few in this day and age. If the Nobel prize still meant anything they would be honorable and worthy recipients.
I second that!
What a true and profound tribute! If wishes were fishes I would wish Dr. Malone to be the ear whisperer to any and all coming Presidents.
My mother used to say if Wishes were Fishes...I have a pond full!
I'd Love a pond full, especially for this...actually I'd take an ocean full but I don't want to get greedy !
KABOOM....Ditto That!
interesting name....Truly!
Haha....I had to. ^..^
Thank you, If888, for taking the time and making the effort to express so eloquently what so many of us think and feel about Dr. Robert W. Malone. It’s one thing to be in the battle; it’s quite another to be in the cauldron and still maintain one’s unfettered courage, grace and dignity while at the same time not compromising one bit along the way in the fight for what is right and good and true. This man is a role model for us all.
Well said and so true.
What grabbed me was the paragraph "The lesson is straightforward" The last sentence sounds like our situation now in this country. We have grown to a nation of excessive comfort and overspending our means. The national credit card debt seems to reflect this need of out of control, superficial face that says "See me, I am glamorous, wealthy and happy because of it" Then apply that same picture to the reflection of the government. Something needs to change in peoples values. We are showing a picture that is inside out. Deep inner questions of what constitutes real value, not superficial show. We have little to show as a role model except the homestead model, and the revision of it for city dwellers. Is time on our side?
I am trying not to be negative, but it is difficult to think that time is on our side. However, I am always hopeful.
It is very difficult to go from an indulgent society to a more Spartan existence.
I have lived long enough to have seen rationing during WWII and all of the success and conveniences since that time that have become expectations. So it rings hollow when I hear the moans about the affordability crisis as I drive past the long lines at Starbucks or McDonald's.
It's true. I used to enjoy visiting places like that now and then. Now I can no longer afford to. I guess others just put it on their credit card and cross their fingers.
My Father in Law would refer to such behaviors as,
Wretched excess of a pursuit of pleasures.
The attention competition of attractive nuisances.
(In his mind that included most everything with an noisy engine)
These are good points, somewhat addressed in my main comment.
No, time is not on our side. This is one reason why I sometimes get a bit strident, both here and other places I comment. Time is running short. Yet many of us have not even made the basic discoveries we need to move forward. My teacher once called our potential future "the black pit of oblivion." This implies that there are some things we need to remember; and that is very true.
But I always hoped I could get at least a few of you to go ahead and study the material anyway. Like so many of us study the Bible. While some of us have "experienced God," how many of us believe in God anyway? His creative powers are considered manifest in our world, so we run with the belief. Well, there is much more to learn along this line. And it gives us at least a starting place to address concerns of over-consumption and a disregard for the plight of others. These concerns are very real.
Belief in God or not, the universe is the obvious... there is no "time is running short" it is eternal time, just like us until we morph into oneness. This is the schoolroom effect, no escaping the lessons.
This is an interesting, somewhat attractive view of life. I definitely do not subscribe to it. We all started out as free beings. How much longer are you willing to stand down before we all turn into rocks on some abandoned shore, washed by the incessant waves and totally unable to resist?
I couldn't help but think of the "first principles" basis for Elon Musk's businesses. When facing the rising costs for lithium, Tesla developed a new, more environmentally friendly method for taking domestic raw material and processing it on site for their uses. There will be more of that. And the US government won't be handing out taxpayer money for it.
Source: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-says-its-texas-lithium-refinery-is-now-operational-and-unlike-anything-in-north-america/
Summary via Brave Search:
Tesla's lithium refinery in Robstown, Texas, near Corpus Christi, is now fully operational as of January 2026, marking the first spodumene-to-lithium hydroxide refining facility in North America. CEO Elon Musk has described the site as the largest and most advanced lithium refinery in the United States, designed to produce enough battery-grade lithium hydroxide to manufacture one million electric vehicles annually.
Innovative Acid-Free Process: The facility utilizes a unique technology platform that processes spodumene, a lithium-rich hard-rock ore, directly into battery-grade lithium hydroxide without using sulfuric acid. This alkaline leaching method bypasses traditional intermediate steps, eliminating hazardous byproducts like sodium sulfate and instead producing analcite, a benign co-product used in concrete mixes. Musk claims the process is simpler, less expensive, and cleaner than conventional refining, asserting there are no toxic emissions.
Strategic Impact and Timeline: Breaking ground in May 2023 with an initial investment of $375 million (projected to exceed $1 billion upon completion), the refinery aims to reduce reliance on foreign processing, particularly from China. The project achieved a rapid timeline, moving from construction to integrated plant startup by 2025 to support Tesla's domestic battery supply chain and Gigafactory Texas production.
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.
This is the perfect example of American ingenuity. And it also emphasizes the need for people who dare to invest.
"Building a better mousetrap" - ingenuity has often been a hallmark of success.
Excellent overview! May the 250th celebration of our Independence be a rededication to US sovereignty AND government limited to ensuring both sovereignty and personal liberty.
"Where possible, the answer should be to remove obstacles rather than create new programs. Reform permitting. Cut unnecessary regulations. Open access to domestic resources. Encourage investment. Build things again. A nation becomes stronger when its citizens and businesses are free to create wealth and produce what the country needs, not when they become dependent on government support."
There was so much to think about in this critical article. I know that the current administration must better communicate why they are doing what they are doing. You would think that people would be able to connect the dots that reshoring would mean more cost. But I guess the average American doesn't understand that without being told again and again?
My great grandparents came to Idaho in 1905 and bought a homestead and began farming in mile-high country. As the less hardy homesteaders left my grandparents would buy these places until they had a farm large enough to make a decent living. That is the farm that I grew up on. There is something about farming and ranching where you truly are reliant on the riches of the earth that you plow and the weather that comes at will that makes you have a very realistic and humble understanding of what really matters.
Now that we have moved to a city in our old age and see how most people have to live, I don't know if today's culture can survive. "Hardy" is not a word that comes to mind anymore.
I just keep praying that people will be able to see the whole picture that you have so accurately described and that they will dig deep for that hardiness needed at times like these.
Beautiful! There is a ranch up in May, Idaho that sends out a newsletter that reminds me what hardy looks like. And their passion for good stewardship of land, creatures, and people is beyond inspiring. Alderspring. Do you know them?
Keep hearing about how inexpensive products made in china are but rarely is mentioned how shoddy they are. Have replaced the "made in Japan" of the 50s for describing poor quality
I think we are looking at a future that involves reusing many items that we now throw away. I recently bought a very nice computer on eBay for $50. And found monitors at Goodwill for $5. They work great.
As an electronics hobbyist, I have experienced some of the cheap products from China, and yes they were often of grossly inferior quality.
I even buy a particular type of shoe (gently used) that work well for me off of ebay. Super grateful to "harvest" the unwanted superior product of some years ago as opposed to buying shoes made in last year or so that have the soles fall off after a few months of use.
Today I bought a 40 yo GE radio on Ebay. I have one like it now, sound is great, but want another. It has a channel tuning DIAL :)
Thanks Dr. Malone!
A global look at the dynamics of socio-economic interplay across the globe with many distortions created by countries and corporations that want to control resources. The most critical area in my view that has not been explored is how healthcare costs have driven manufacturing out of the US. I recall reading 40 years ago that healthcare cost burden per car produced was $1500. Only high automation has save the industry.
China is controlling many of the pharmaceutical raw materiel resources and between China and India they are controlling the majority of generic drug production with out the proper oversight to ensure the drugs are properly tested for potency and are not contaminated. FDA does not have the manpower or the authority to act properly.
President Trump sees the need to make the US self sufficient and political push back keeps hampering the goals. In his first term, he encouraged Kodak to become a pharmaceutical generic producer. Again he was highly criticized for his view. Big Pharma finds the lowest cost producer to create their pharmaceuticals to maximize their bottom line. Zantac was contaminated with a cancer causing agent from China and was removed from the market. It caused stomach cancer. A friend died of stomach cancer.
The bottom line is is that it is time for the FDA to be the independent regulator and not the regulated. In addition an independent watch dog agency needs to have the power to stop the production of deadly drugs and prosecute the producer on a criminal basis.
Gardiner Harris in his book "No More Tears" explains in depth why it must be done. RFK Jr. needs President Trump's 100% non wavering support to accomplish what needs to be done to stop the criminality in the drug sector.
06/01/26: Good morning, Drs. Malone!
I genuinely admire the Malone work ethic. It’s almost like they’re half Amish and half scientists. One things for sure between Jill and Robert they are the hardest working two people ever!
A great piece of the puzzle. Agreed that most people/politicians/net countries focus on controlling raw material inputs. But, Julian Simon made clear in 1981 with "The Ultimate Resource 2" that the true resource is the inventiveness of your population. This makes the control of physical resources useless long-term as individuals discover work-arounds when anything needed is in short supply. In my estimation this was the greatest economics text ever published and now ignored as used copies can be had for less than $9.
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=32427282536&dest=USA&ref_=ps_ggl_11147913055&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Textbook-_-product_id=US9780691003818NEW-_-keyword=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=11147913055&gbraid=0AAAAAD3Y6gtJV_pbZxW3wEv-njPHwHvzz&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2_TQBhCnARIsAF3-XhytmrVUxzYTwdK-GbBPHxaqiQCVt9MFcbC42a6reLCdpxHNZIHKVpgaAkaDEALw_wcB
Great price is your link. Too many pages for me but the lengthy reviews on Thriftbooks have calmed my senses.
Mr. Julien probably didn't anticipate in his warnings, how LEARNED HELPLESSNESS is spread so expeditiously in today's digital world. Learned Helplessness once at the core of individuals' self-perception, the Evil Ones, can do with us, what they wish.
Mr. Julien was pointing out to us in his 600+ pages, we CAN and Have ALWAYS solved problems as they arose.
"learned Helplessness" vs. God given human ingenuity and human resilience.
And what the Evils REALLY don't want us to Know, is that as we develop our God given (in His likeness) abilities, we become closer to God, more like Him. That IS the mission of life, as a Christian.
If we skip a bunch of steps, we're not building those abilities with strength. The Evil Ones know this all.
I wish President Trump would realize AI is very dangerous to humanity. Despair, Weakness, Sin is so easily attained via AI. It is already seen, it's made us weaker, less able.
Only if the facts are excluded from the data basises that are used to analyze .
Agreed!
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, SIR!!!!
This explanation needs to be shared with American people. Too bad we don’t have news journalists willing to do so. Way I see it we don’t have a choice but to control and manufacture critical goods we need but should let people decide whether we want to pay more for American made tv’s etc.
Fracking is a great example of how much our lives could improve by developing these key supply chaines domesticaly. It would be an easy sell in my opinion.
Many years ago a teacher reviewed (and demonstrated) how most of, if not all, the major conflict wars could be broken down into aggression for or defense of important minerals. It's still true.
Good analysis. It is amazing to me the number of ways that the US political class and corporate elites have formulated to divert US taxpayer money to pet projects and special interests. In my mind, we are doing ourselves a big favor by continuing to identify fraud, and its perpetrators.
Then we at least have a fighting chance of passing value judgments on US Government expenditures, curtailing spending where cost, benefit analysis comes up short, and investing more where most favorable to US Citizens’ interests.
Some inflation to accomplish strategic independence will be acceptable to those who value national security over affordability. I would like to see a breakdown though of the proportion of inflation we are seeing attributable to this, versus that attributable to government overspending resulting in devaluation of the dollar through increased money supply.
It is not clear to me how much increasing costs are due to this strategically necessary inflation versus underlying inflation caused by government overspending including waste, fraud, inefficiency and deliberate giving away of money the treasury does not have to give away. Inflation attributable to excessive government spending started (and was higher) well before we had an administration trying to shore up national security through self-reliance.
Tom, Add in corporate greed.