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mystery-ak:
by Michael Lind November 25, 2016 4:00 AM

 Republicans have a chance to reshape American politics by offering a program for an industrial economy.

Donald Trump won the presidency in an upset victory largely because of his appeal to the white working class in a number of industrial states that have been reliably Democratic for years. His denunciations of Chinese mercantilism and U.S. transnational corporations that offshore jobs to low-wage countries resonated strongly in the parts of the South and the Midwest where most U.S. manufacturing is concentrated — while shocking defenders of the bipartisan orthodoxy in favor of unrestricted globalization and mass immigration. Trump’s astonishing success shows the potential in American politics for a party of industry.

 Since the 1990s, the Republican and Democratic establishments alike have shared the view that the U.S. should shed “old” industries such as manufacturing to other countries, in order to specialize in “knowledge industries” such as software and social media that employ a college-educated “creative class.” The declining share of employment in the goods-producing economy, as a result of automation and offshoring, makes this view superficially plausible.

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Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442451/republican-party-industry-manufacturing

Bigun:

--- Quote from: mystery-ak on November 25, 2016, 02:26:55 pm ---by Michael Lind November 25, 2016 4:00 AM

 Republicans have a chance to reshape American politics by offering a program for an industrial economy.

Donald Trump won the presidency in an upset victory largely because of his appeal to the white working class in a number of industrial states that have been reliably Democratic for years. His denunciations of Chinese mercantilism and U.S. transnational corporations that offshore jobs to low-wage countries resonated strongly in the parts of the South and the Midwest where most U.S. manufacturing is concentrated — while shocking defenders of the bipartisan orthodoxy in favor of unrestricted globalization and mass immigration. Trump’s astonishing success shows the potential in American politics for a party of industry.

 Since the 1990s, the Republican and Democratic establishments alike have shared the view that the U.S. should shed “old” industries such as manufacturing to other countries, in order to specialize in “knowledge industries” such as software and social media that employ a college-educated “creative class.” The declining share of employment in the goods-producing economy, as a result of automation and offshoring, makes this view superficially plausible.

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Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442451/republican-party-industry-manufacturing

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Yep! And all they need do to give that a HUGE kick start is pass on single currently pending bill!  HR25/S122  The Fairtax bill.

http://fairtax.org

geronl:
terrible idea.

Big Business Cronyism and micro-managing from the White House is not going to work well

Bigun:

--- Quote from: geronl on November 25, 2016, 05:53:02 pm ---terrible idea.

Big Business Cronyism and micro-managing from the White House is not going to work well

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 I must confess I am fed up with dweebs like this author who have never escaped the ivory tower to go see how the real world works.

Who is HE to tell Americans how to live their lives via the tax and "industrial policy" legislation he wishes to enact, since he is evidently more brilliant than the rest of us. I have no idea what the future holds and neither does the author -- but I would not be so arrogant as to tell Americans that they cannot buy Mexican steel 20% cheaper than what they can buy in the US just so we can keep a lousy few thousand more union jobs in Pittsburgh (or Gary IN, say).

I do know that taxes, regulation, government spending to insane levels that crowds out private investment .....and a managed US dollar that has created all kinds of errant resource flows via false interest rates -- ALL of this is what killed prosperity in this country ....NOT immigrants and free trade.

Still, the basic idea is a good one but getting our own house in order and free trade are the way to do it!  NOT trying to micromanage everything from the White House!

HonestJohn:
Government officials setting industrial policy just means that business leaders will seek to influence them to maximize their corporate advantage at the expense of the country and of their rivals.

Just an example:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkymQBf6xc

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