[nascarnation]

When I was a young man, they built big buildings, filled them with machines, manufactured things to sell to the world, and called them factories.

When I was middle age, they built big buildings, filled them with things manufactured around the world, sold them to Americans, and called them warehouses.

Now they don’t even build big buildings anymore.

[kearnyirish2]

“When I was middle age, they built big buildings, filled them with things manufactured around the world, sold them to Americans, and called them warehouses.”

In my area we call those “Wal-Mart”...

[ojeffers]

When I was a young man, they built big buildings, filled them with machines, manufactured things to sell to the world, and called them factories.

When I was middle age, they built big buildings, filled them with things manufactured around the world, sold them to Americans, and called them warehouses.

Now they don’t even build big buildings anymore.

Now they call them data centers.

[SueRae]

I also had a career in manufacturing. I cringe as I hear this news. I was somewhat fortunate, working in the defense industry; it took longer to decimate but a ton of what we used to make and were the FIRST to make, have been outsourced. There are still pockets of manufacturing, really good manufacturing, in many parts of the country. As my company stopped building much of what we used to, we had/have a decent supply chain of smaller manufacturers in this country. That base is critical but it needs to grow exponentially.