[Lorianne]

I agree with that about the ways to create wealth. But those are not independent unless we are talking a subsistence level economy.

Mining and agriculture jobs (which you cannot ‘outsource’ per se as they depend on a physical location) plus manufacturing jobs is what compared to all these other jobs I mentioned, the ‘economic framework’ kind of jobs?

Yes, we should mine, grow it, make it here as much as possible. However, only one of those 3 can be physically ‘outsourced’.

There are many other types of jobs which can be (and have been) easily outsourced. Banking, finance, accounting, legal services, design, engineering, record keeping ... these are jobs that are a big part of a modern, non-subsistence level, economy.

Now, if we are talking about a subsistence level economy, those jobs would all be here or come back here anyway. In that scenario we could not afford food grown elsewhere or materials mined or extracted elsewhere.

[central_va]

Boy where do I begin. A factory generates a secondary economy in a way that far surpasses any other sector of the economy. If you want to see the reverse just look at Detroit. It is the engine of the economy. If you do not understand that then I cant help you. You are macro economically retarded.

I haven't started on the national security implications of de industrialization. Once the USA is de industrialized China will have it way with us. Manufacturing the muscle of the economy.