Whatever the US is still manufacturing in force, I’d like to see a list of it. (Farming doesn’t count.) It sure doesn’t seem to show up in households where most of the doodads are now “made in China.”
Made in China actually means Assembled in China. I believe someone examined an iphone and discovered hardware and software were manufactured all over the world (including USA) for final assembly in China. Made in anywhere does not really mean anything anymore in the global market. One of the biggest costs to hiring manufacturing workers in the country is the FICA taxes. Since the Democrats will never support SS privitization the best way to level the playing field is to junk the payroll tax and just have a national sales tax which would in effect act as an import tax on non-US products.
Thanks, T. Please see #27 above. It is only for manufactured exports, but provides a decent snapshot.