[Jim Noble]

Where a product is made is irrelevant to the discussion

Where a product is made is the very heart of the matter.

[driftless2]

The U.S. is still the leading manufacturing country in the world. But if the jobs aren't there (due to automation), people must look elsewhere. I would bet the great pct. of the "poor" are mostly minorities. They are the people who have the most trouble adapting to a high-tech economy. They have stood still or gone backwards.

I have one son-in-law who came from a lower middle class family. He got into computers and has turned down numerous jobs in that field for better ones. People can adapt. They have to.

[central_va]

Where a product is made is irrelevant to the discussion

Clearly someone who has that mindset is a stateless economic libertarian and cares nothing for the security and prosperity of this nation. There is nothing conservative about that mindset.