That is because we don't make consumer goods here anymore, save for a few "boutique" products. Some folks think that is a fine thing, but it frankly scares me to death.
Every US warfighter is using IT hardware built in the People's Republic of China. There is no US vendor who could supply the same products to our warfighters. They are all gone. If the ChiComs ever throw the kill switch-yes, of course there is a kill switch in your son's platoon's Toughbook; you'd be delusional to believe otherwise-our forces will be at their mercy.
Not all IT related hardware manufacturers are gone - this is a continual story that I hear, but I work with electronics in my job every day. We have plenty of chip and component manufacturers still in the states (TI, Intel, ATC, etc) as well as assembly houses. Many are competitive with overseas shops because of the amount of automation involved. Intel, Jabil, Teledyne, Plexus, Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, the list goes on and on. A lot of the stuff is driven by regulation more than anything else - raw boards requiring plating processes are difficult to maintain, but even there Electrotek, Calumet, etc are still in operation and doing fine.
Our biggest issue to growth in most industries is over-regulation, taxes, and unrealistic expectations on compensation and what REAL work entails.