@thackney
What kind of manufacturing are you talking about? It is certainly not domestic goods. Go into a Walmat or a Target store and find anything made in America. You might find something, but it won't be easy.
What does America manufacture? I really would like to know.
Most Americans unaware that as U.S. manufacturing jobs have disappeared, output has grown
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/25/most-americans-unaware-that-as-u-s-manufacturing-jobs-have-disappeared-output-has-grown/... Last year, U.S. manufacturers made about $5.4 trillion worth of goods and products (in constant 2009 dollars), according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The biggest categories were food, beverages and tobacco products ($817 billion), chemical products ($752 billion) and motor vehicles and parts ($670 billion).
After adjusting for inflation, manufacturing output in the first quarter of this year was more than 80% above its level 30 years ago, according to BLS data....
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https://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=51&step=1#reqid=51&step=51&isuri=1&5114=a&5102=1Manufacturing:
Durable goods
- Wood products
- Nonmetallic mineral products
- Primary metals
- Fabricated metal products
- Machinery
- Computer and electronic products
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
- Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts
- Other transportation equipment
- Furniture and related products
Nondurable goods
- Food and beverage and tobacco products
- Textile mills and textile product mills
- Apparel and leather and allied products
- Paper products
- Printing and related support activities
- Petroleum and coal products
- Chemical products
- Plastics and rubber products