[A.Hun]

Looks like the low wage / outsourcing model has done even more of the same.

Nope...that was the point of this article. It hasn't cut manufacturing jobs. Productivity is the big mover behind fewer manufacturing jobs.

Manufacturing has shifted yes, unions killed our smokestack industries, but overall manufacturing has remained strong in dollar amounts, units produced, and as a % of GDP.

Manufacturing could have increased with a cheaper dollar, lower taxes, more workforce, and less regulations, but we manufacture as much stuff as we ever have with less people.

Thanks for the debate, but I can't make my position any more clear, and I believe I've shown you the facts that back me up.

[mysterio]

It hasn't cut manufacturing jobs.

Yes, it has.

unions killed our smokestack industries

BS. Workers who wanted more than a buck an hour and people who didn't want to live downstream from factories that dumped untreated waste into the river "killed" our manufacturing.

I still remain unconvinced any proponent of outsourcing to slave labor markets would work at a Chinese factory. Or live anywhere near one. So the hypocrisy of that side only adds to the annoyance of living with the consequences of outsourcing.