‘It was about a lack of confidence in our educational system to deliver a sufficient number of people sufficiently productive...’
Yeah, I’ve been concerned about that as well.
’ ...while selling the family jewels: American manufacturing skills and technology.’
Right. A manufacturing base helped train spoiled brats from scratch. Even then, class warfare has watered down the work ethic. I saw that first-hand in both manufacturing and the service sector.
I started my adult career as a manufacturing engineer and went from there through to R&D project management in a field that involved chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering.