Manufacturing is not “low-hanging fruit” at all. It’s very capital-intensive, and in the age of information technology and modern telecommunications it doesn’t provide nearly the return on investment as IT-related industries do. When you look at the list of the 20, 50 or 100 largest companies in the world, it’s amazing how far down the manufacturing firms have fallen over the years.
“capital-intensive”
Correct - didn’t say it wasn’t.
“return on investment”
You write like we’d be coming from a standing start with no manufacturing infrastructure in place that’s underutilized.
“how far down the manufacturing firms have fallen”
That didn’t happen in a vacuum.
And yet, you didn’t address my one main point on jobs generated or provide data on jobs generated in IT, telecom, etc. for comparison.
paint brush manufacturing jobs don’t matter
How much does China pay you to post here?