Manufacturing Jobs Decline in U.S. How did this happen /pol/?
robots and chinese people
>>70483369
greed of capitalists to drive costs down by outsorcing everything to china
trump doenst say "CHINA" for no reason
>>70483369
Outsourcing.
automation
outsourcing plays a part but they are being replaced by machines too
politicians who decided to reduce tax on international trade
Outsourcing was the solution to Americans wanting better wages.
Daily reminder the people who complain about $15 minimum wage are the same people who complain about a decline in manufacturing jobs in the US.
>>70483419
Redundant
>>70483369
Outsourcing and Unions demanding to high of wages, plus people got spoiled by the high standard of living during when the rest of the world was destroyed by WW2.
>>70483369
When NAFTA happened.
>>70483369
we still had manufacturing jobs here?
>>70483369
Reagan
>>70483369
Free trade. That's why Baltimore and Detroit is doing so bad.
>>70484013
>the people that buy the most shit made too much money
So then who exactly is behind the tanking of the economy?