Since the 1980`s the US has gone from a manufacturing oriented nation, to a service oriented nation.
How much of our economy was manufacturing in the 1980s? How much is manufacturing now? Why has the reduction hurt us? Is our GDP smaller than in the 1980s? Is our household net worth lower?
111 posted on 08/01/2006 11:07:54 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot
(Why are protectionists so bad at math?)