[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.

[A.Hun]

Yes, it has.

Prove it.

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.

C'mon...that's just socialist boilerplate.

I still remain unconvinced any proponent of outsourcing to slave labor markets would work at a Chinese factory. Or live anywhere near one.

That is simply your opinion. People of all politics sweated in sewing halls and mills around here, and not that long ago. In fact, people flocked to those mills regardless of how harsh working conditions were. The pay sucked too.