Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“I support investments in domestic manufacturing. From a negotiation standpoint, it seems unwise to completely depend on foreign trade for strategic and necessary goods, especially when the US government could probably create and maintain the ability to manufacture them domestically for a reasonable price. Then again, you’d think the US government could create and maintain rail lines for a reasonable price. But it can’t. More importantly, industrial policy isn’t the same thing as ‘reshoring.’ I don’t know how many bottom-half men the US can profitably employ. After all, most economists agree that automation reduced US manufacturing employment far more than outsourcing. If the GOP were really doing either smart industrial policy or ‘reshoring,’ you’d think this would be the first thing they’d estimate.” (04/24/25)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/how-many-bottom-half-men-can-the