[Alberta's Child]

I suspect most of the districts the GOP lost are like mine. Manufacturing is a tiny component of our employment, and companies are leaving even now for reasons that are local, not national. What’s changed in the last few years is that they’re now moving to other parts of the U.S. instead of other countries.

[central_va]

The glory days of manufacturing were the 1970s. Back then, over 19.5 million Americans earned their paycheck from factory work. It's been a fairly steady decline ever since. Today only 12.4 million workers remain in the industry.

Tiny? 12.4 million? Manufacturing is the HEART of the economy, its engine.