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America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

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842 points putzdown | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 13:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tbirdny ◴[15 Apr 25 14:18 UTC] No.43693100[source]▶
America doesn't underestimate it, its president does.
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dashundchen ◴[15 Apr 25 14:26 UTC] No.43693230[source]▶
I saw a chart passing around from this Cato Institute survey (Cato is a right wing think tank) [0]. It made me laugh.

> America would be better off if more Americans works in manufacturing than they do today. Agree 80%/Disagree 20%

> I would be better off if I worked in a factory instead of my current field of work. Agree 25%/Disagree 73%

[0] https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2024-08/Globalizat...

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1. bluGill ◴[15 Apr 25 14:50 UTC] No.43693577[source]▶
Those two are not in conflict. The claim is 20-25% of the population would be better off if they moved to a manufacturing job. The other 75-80% are better off where they are, but making the bottom better makes everyone better.