[1rudeboy]

Willie Green runs screaming into the night. More data at the link.

[Phantom Lord]

Impossible! We don't manufactur anything in America any more.

[1rudeboy]

Check out the following:

ISM's New Export Orders Index for April registered 57.2 percent, an increase of 1.8 percentage points when compared to March's index of 55.4 percent. This is the 40th consecutive month of growth in export orders. The 11 industries reporting growth in new export orders in April are: Tobacco; Food; Chemicals; Instruments & Photographic Equipment; Printing & Publishing; Industrial & Commercial Equipment & Computers; Transportation & Equipment; Paper; Rubber & Plastic Products; Fabricated Metals; and Electronic Components & Equipment.

[oceanview]

"Furniture" is listed as one of the top performing industries? I challenge anyone to make the case that the US furniture industry isn't doing anything except being shipped over to china. no way this is accurate. It must simply measure growth for the companies that remains in the country, not overall growth of the sector. No way in hell is the US furniture industry growing.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Willie Green runs screaming into the night. More data at the link

He's on hiatus. One of his disciples has been posting all the laments to the textile, call-center, and typewriter manufacturing jobs that have been going overseas.

[familyop]

"The 14 industries reporting growth in April — listed in order — are: Wood & Wood Products;..."

But if we really want free markets, let's remove the taxes and tariffs on incoming wood to allow the small builders to make a living, too. The large exports of wood is not helping employees or small business here. Count them in.

And as for electronics engineering tech., code/math production and the like, we have some good minds here that are not accepted in education or business. Use 'em, or lose 'em.

Starting a class war is not a good move for our Party. Neither is increasing foreign competition from lazy offices in the USA. It's time for us to get to real work.

[John O]

Willie Green runs screaming into the night

Thanks for the LOL. I'd miss Willie if he ever left for good. Who else would be deeply saddened at good news?

(From what I understand he's moving and so is not online for a few weeks until he gets unpacked again.)