[Nov3]

You are right. The loss of the manufacturing sector is NOTHING to worry about. I JUST work in manufacturing, I really don't know anything about it and my suppliers. Rush and his one study are much more authorative. We don't need no stinkin manufacturing, we can wash each others cars, and clean each others lawns. That is a sure way to generate WEALTH. At least they can't take that job overseas like the service sector is doing with other jobs now.

Thanks for setting me straight. I really got off track thinking we need manufacturing.

[LS]

Blah, blah. You still have not answered my very simple question: When did all these manufacturing jobs appear?

It would help you a great deal to confront this, because your options are they came either in the Reagan years (no protection on 99% of American manufacturing); or in the Clinton years (NAFTA); or in the Carter depression.

To "lose" jobs, they had to come from somewhere. When did they "come?"

[LS]

BTW, just got off the phone with a friend of mine who has a machine screw business, and he says business is up and all his manufacturing suppliers say their business is up. But, please, answer my question.