[q_an_a]

According to a variety of sources, including "steelnet.com" the USA is producing about 100 million tons in 2011 that is a good bit of business when you consider how many steel mills have closed since 1939. China produces 3 times as much and Japan 30% more, we produce almost twice as much as Korea or Germany - two heavy industry competitors.

I am not a fan of false media stories, like America's manufacturing is hollow or the right wing is made up of racists and knuckledragging idiots. We need to work on getting people to work, to get more young people into manufacturing because the jobs are going without skilled employees. We also need some honest media.

[Last Dakotan]

I am not a fan of false media stories, like America's manufacturing is hollow...

I work in manufacturing every day and it is hollowed out.

For instance, how many of our own machine tools do we make?

When you read the previous posts that Japan - a country with half the population of the US - makes 30% more steel you know who did the hollowing out.