Kenneth Raposa

Okay. Well, I did give you a worst case too because I said, again, using our amazing widget factory, I said that if we require parts from Vietnam and Southeast Asia in order to make our widget, and we're just a small company with 10 guys running the show, that we are going to be in trouble because we can't tell those guys, hey, let's up the ante.

Okay. Well, I did give you a worst case too because I said, again, using our amazing widget factory, I said that if we require parts from Vietnam and Southeast Asia in order to make our widget, and we're just a small company with 10 guys running the show, that we are going to be in trouble because we can't tell those guys, hey, let's up the ante.

And instead of buying 1,000, we're going to buy 2,000 because maybe we don't have the money to do that. We got to go to our banker and we got to get out a loan to do those things for our suppliers to say, okay, I'll lower the price for you because you're increasing your volume. We might not be able to do that.

And instead of buying 1,000, we're going to buy 2,000 because maybe we don't have the money to do that. We got to go to our banker and we got to get out a loan to do those things for our suppliers to say, okay, I'll lower the price for you because you're increasing your volume. We might not be able to do that.

And instead of buying 1,000, we're going to buy 2,000 because maybe we don't have the money to do that. We got to go to our banker and we got to get out a loan to do those things for our suppliers to say, okay, I'll lower the price for you because you're increasing your volume. We might not be able to do that.

And so when we order those goods from a customer and our customer broker is going to call us up and say, hey, Ken, you just ordered $100,000 worth of goods that's coming out of Maersk ship on June 1st. And you owe us, you got to deposit $100,000 with customs. Right. You know, that's going to be a problem. That's going to be a headache for us. That's going to be a big headache for us.

And so when we order those goods from a customer and our customer broker is going to call us up and say, hey, Ken, you just ordered $100,000 worth of goods that's coming out of Maersk ship on June 1st. And you owe us, you got to deposit $100,000 with customs. Right. You know, that's going to be a problem. That's going to be a headache for us. That's going to be a big headache for us.

And so when we order those goods from a customer and our customer broker is going to call us up and say, hey, Ken, you just ordered $100,000 worth of goods that's coming out of Maersk ship on June 1st. And you owe us, you got to deposit $100,000 with customs. Right. You know, that's going to be a problem. That's going to be a headache for us. That's going to be a big headache for us.

Look at this. Look at this. Go ahead. Yeah. Okay. You and I, not our widget factory. I'll give myself an example because I don't... We're sick. We're sick. The doctor says you're diabetic. You've got to stop eating the chocolate cake every day or you're going to be on dialysis. I can't stop eating chocolate cake. I must keep eating it because I love it. Okay. That's the story.

Look at this. Look at this. Go ahead. Yeah. Okay. You and I, not our widget factory. I'll give myself an example because I don't... We're sick. We're sick. The doctor says you're diabetic. You've got to stop eating the chocolate cake every day or you're going to be on dialysis. I can't stop eating chocolate cake. I must keep eating it because I love it. Okay. That's the story.

Look at this. Look at this. Go ahead. Yeah. Okay. You and I, not our widget factory. I'll give myself an example because I don't... We're sick. We're sick. The doctor says you're diabetic. You've got to stop eating the chocolate cake every day or you're going to be on dialysis. I can't stop eating chocolate cake. I must keep eating it because I love it. Okay. That's the story.

You're going to be on dialysis by the time you're 60 years old and you'll be living on it until you're dead. Or I can say, okay, I'm going to stop eating chocolate cake as much as it sucks. And the doctor says, you're in fine health. I'm not too happy about this fact that I'm not going to eat chocolate cake, but at least I'm happy in the long term that I'm going to be healthier. This is long term.

You're going to be on dialysis by the time you're 60 years old and you'll be living on it until you're dead. Or I can say, okay, I'm going to stop eating chocolate cake as much as it sucks. And the doctor says, you're in fine health. I'm not too happy about this fact that I'm not going to eat chocolate cake, but at least I'm happy in the long term that I'm going to be healthier. This is long term.

You're going to be on dialysis by the time you're 60 years old and you'll be living on it until you're dead. Or I can say, okay, I'm going to stop eating chocolate cake as much as it sucks. And the doctor says, you're in fine health. I'm not too happy about this fact that I'm not going to eat chocolate cake, but at least I'm happy in the long term that I'm going to be healthier. This is long term.

We're thinking long term here. We're thinking What am I going to do to rearrange global trade? Because the way global trade is now, it is set to manufacture things in Asia. Yes, the United States innovates, but after we innovate, we don't mass produce. Asia masses produce. Look, there's a company in my home state, Massachusetts, called Boston Dynamics.

We're thinking long term here. We're thinking What am I going to do to rearrange global trade? Because the way global trade is now, it is set to manufacture things in Asia. Yes, the United States innovates, but after we innovate, we don't mass produce. Asia masses produce. Look, there's a company in my home state, Massachusetts, called Boston Dynamics.

We're thinking long term here. We're thinking What am I going to do to rearrange global trade? Because the way global trade is now, it is set to manufacture things in Asia. Yes, the United States innovates, but after we innovate, we don't mass produce. Asia masses produce. Look, there's a company in my home state, Massachusetts, called Boston Dynamics.

They make those stupid, ugly robotic dogs that you've probably seen. and some cyborg robots.

They make those stupid, ugly robotic dogs that you've probably seen. and some cyborg robots.

They make those stupid, ugly robotic dogs that you've probably seen. and some cyborg robots.