[Scythian]

"The moral of the story is, my friends, is we're not going back to the old manufacturing base of the economy," he said.

Because we know how lame it was when American manufactured everything right? Hey, let's go to wallmart and get some parasite infested, lead coated crap ....

[cripplecreek]

Because we know how lame it was when American manufactured everything right?

That sounds like the local libtards who got HUD money to build an "art colony" on the grounds of our National Guard armory. They constantly said they wanted to lose the blue collar image.

Personally I'm damned proud of my blue collar heritage and the honest work it represents.

[VRWCmember]

Because we know how lame it was when American manufactured everything right?

Whether America manufactures everything should be determined based on comparative advantage (the difference in opportunity costs of producing on product vs another) and not on the various arguments about "lost manufacturing jobs".

[VRWCmember]

...noting that U.S. manufacturing output and exports set records last year -- argues that increased worker productivity and advances in manufacturing technology account for many of the lost jobs.

So which is better for the economy -- producing less and at a cost of 3 million more jobs, or producing MORE with fewer manufacturing jobs?