7,231,000 Lost Jobs: Manufacturing Employment Down 37% From 1979 Peak .... May 12, 2015 | 1:23 PM EDT
Manufacturing...Durable goods
Wood products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Computer and electronic products
Computer and peripheral equipment
Communications equipment
Semiconductors and electronic components
Electronic instruments
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products
Electrical equipment and appliances
Transportation equipment(1)
Motor vehicles and parts(2)
Furniture and related products
Are trying to change the subject? Yes there are fewer people employed in manufacturing now than in the past, partly due to outsourcing, but mainly due to automation. That is not the subject dispute here. You challenged my claim that we manufacture more products now than ever before. I have given sources for that claim.