I understand exactly what "relatively speaking" means and I included it in my reply. But I also understand what "practically nothing" means and I wanted to point out that the inference was incorrect. Manufacturing is healthy and growing in the US. In fact, manufacturers can't get enough skilled workers in the US. It would grow even faster if we eliminated government education.
I wanted to point out that the inference was incorrect.No it isn't. I purchase manufactured products everyday for my business, and MOST products with names of American corporations on them are NOT manufactured domestic. In fact the products you do find manufactured here are more likely only assembled here from components or materials that are NOT domestic...including fruit, vegetables, lumber products, iron, concrete or even John Deere tractors.
If the "embedded" income tax is a factor in across the board price reductions of manufactured products it would have 0 affect on price reductions, in fact the opposite is true because relatively speaking almost nothing is manufactured domestic...period. It would grow even faster if we eliminated government education.
Are we supposed to believe government education is going to be fixed by the passage of the Fairtax now?
If you had any clue to problems in manufacturing (obviously you don't) you would have correctly said the problem is government REGULATION not education.