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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Yet another reason that Hillary lost [View all]Demsrule86
(71,169 posts)1. One word...tariffs...we absolutely need those jobs back.
They can be done right here. Our country has fallen badly since the manufacturing loss...by greedy companies looking to make a buck and to be fair these companies should never have been forced to go head to head with the bowl of rice crowd...it is a race to the bottom...and I would be careful...all those smug white collar workers are now losing jobs overseas as well...call centers, bookkeeping, banking ...hubs accounting in his job is done overseas...it must stop...it enriches the few and starves average working people. You keep saying the jobs are not coming back, neither will the Democratic voters.
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We manufacture more in the US now than we have ever done before. The problem is that
Squinch
Dec 2016
#9
Yep. I've posted before that US manufacturing is basically at an all-time high.
Garrett78
Dec 2016
#10
People just aren't ready to hear what that means. It means either, as you say, making life a
Squinch
Dec 2016
#12
Elon Musk has made some pretty smart statements about this. It is going to be the
Squinch
Dec 2016
#20
so you are for tariffs? No shit we need Tariffs. I bet trade agreements are way better though!
JCanete
Dec 2016
#27
Honestly neither party has a solution. Automation will soon be taking over white collar jobs too.
RAFisher
Dec 2016
#8