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Comment by Gud

15 days ago

This is wrong. The US still has an excellent manufacturing industry. Just because you don’t make sneakers over there anymore, doesn’t mean you’re not good at manufacturing.

Frankly the US makes some amazing things.

This is such an important point. Lumping all "manufacturing" together obscures that some production is low-cost goods like matches and socks. Other production is 787s and F-150s.

What the administration is suggesting is that we resume manufacturing low-cost goods. I'm not sure where they would plan to get the labor for that.

  • I agree with your point, but you may want to choose a better example than the 787 to showcase manufacturing skill.