I really don't mean to doubt you but maybe then you can explain why I can barely find anything made in America...
Oh, you said our exports...So our quantity level has drastically increased but we send it all out thru the export market...That must be because everyone else in the world buys American made goods except for us...
But considering we no longer make appliances, small or large, clothes, towels and blankets, nails, valves, plumbing, lumber, dishes, razors, machines, machine tools,and thousands of other things we used to make here, maybe you can point out the massive types of products that we now ship out...
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