Mee@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars.www.whitehouse.govexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down16
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkTrump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars.www.whitehouse.govMee@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 days agoIt is important to know that US manufacturing never ‘went away’ it just changed. Productivity and automation have taken more jobs than them moving overseas. US manufacturing output for the last 100 years. https://www.macrotrends.net/2583/industrial-production-historical-chart
minus-squareskozzii@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoAnd by “just changed” we mean taking the money away from workers and giving it to CEO’s and shareholders.
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI will not disagree, “just changed” is doing some heavy lifting. My only point with the graph was to show manufacturing in the US is near an all time high.
minus-squareSpaceRanger13@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIf only more of the “do your own research” people were more like you
It is important to know that US manufacturing never ‘went away’ it just changed.
Productivity and automation have taken more jobs than them moving overseas.
US manufacturing output for the last 100 years.
https://www.macrotrends.net/2583/industrial-production-historical-chart
And by “just changed” we mean taking the money away from workers and giving it to CEO’s and shareholders.
I will not disagree, “just changed” is doing some heavy lifting.
My only point with the graph was to show manufacturing in the US is near an all time high.
If only more of the “do your own research” people were more like you