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Robert Blain raises a point about manufacturing in the US:
"The zenith of American manufacturing might was the mid-60’s. We’ve lost 40% of our manufacturing jobs since 1979 and now we are in one heck of a jam coming up with the bucks to fund Medicaid. When a country loses a big chunk of its manufacturing backbone, the ability of government, businesses, and families to support themselves is severely undermined. China grew its industrial base (the primary recipient of the US industrial flight overseas) and is now […]
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