[Mr. Jeeves]

This is one of the main reasons why business has been reluctant to spend new money on additional plants and equipment when one out of four factories in this country is not being used.

What an interesting factoid. Bet you'll never hear that on CNBC.

[RightWhale]

one out of four factories in this country is not being used.

Plenty of idle production capacity, but equally important is that the number of actual factory jobs in the country has declined markedly in the past few decades. Thinking in terms of national security, this cannot be a good thing.