[JNB]

And they seamlessly went into the auto industry, they required almost no retraining for their skills, and the auto industry jobs were simpily down the street, literally. There was no job outsourcing 100 years ago, and people that use this flawed comparison time and again have no understanding of economics or history.

As for "freedom", the US had tariffs at high levels till the late 70s, so was the pre new deal America, much less the pre civil war America, anti freedom when it came to economics?

[dasboot]

Only one thing to do, then: put all the businesses in the US on-notice that their decisions about how they shall proceed must be submitted in writing and approved before they may act. That will surely employ a lot of unemployed.

I do not like that world. And it is a prescription for economic death.

I place my faith in freedom.