My wife and I are traveling in France and going soon to Germany. We enjoy France. The food is great, even in small bars – always something interesting. The coffee is wonderful. The vin ordinaire is not ordinaire. Le beurre c’est magnifique.
France works. We went into a department store. Everything is made in France.
Everything. OK, not electronics.
Textiles, dishes, everything in the store. French businesses employ French people.
So, this crap about how we cannot manufacture in the US is just a pile of shit dumped on us by the malefactors of great evil – the US (sort of) corporations. We can and should find ways to manufacture in the US. Yes, some things are made in the US. Most is not. And this is just a pile of crap that many believe because, basically, they are very stupid.