There is an amazing conversational exchange in The Godfather, when Bonasera asks Vito Corleone to do him a favor, and says he is willing to pay. Corleone responds to Bonasera as follows: “Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day…”
What Bonasera doesn’t realize is that he has just made a deal with the Devil. The time will come when that favor comes due. And when that happens, there will be no choice of backing out of the deal.
It seems that our country may be witnessing a similar scene playing out on a very large scale. Except in this case, the favor involves the price of steel.
More tomorrow.