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43. No. democratic tried repeatedly,.meanwhile those same areas want to kill affirmative action and hate blue states

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THIS !!! [View all] uponit7771 May 3 OP

Yes. And they did it after Reagan dropped the tariffs at their request. Jim__ May 3 #1

I think it was HW Bush who gave China Most Favored Nation trading status AdamGG May 3 #22

Absofuckingloutely! And largely caused the opioid epidemic SheltieLover May 3 #2

Dems should look at bringing manufacturing back to those economically tapped out areas uponit7771 May 3 #16

Funny how slobby has made no provisions to jump start mfg in US, SheltieLover May 3 #17

You know what, this is so true !!! If he wanted factories here he's should be preparing with heavy subsidies uponit7771 May 3 #24

Right. But not a word about subsidies. SheltieLover May 3 #25

Yup! SheltieLover May 4 #36

A couple of people I know, literally thought that they would be rich as soon as dump got installed. Clouds Passing May 4 #34

Covidiots! SheltieLover May 4 #37

It is stunning the level of brainwashing that has been done to people Clouds Passing May 4 #39

It most certainly is, Clouds. SheltieLover May 4 #40

Our language needs to evolve to create new adjectives and nouns that describe this phenomenon. Clouds Passing May 4 #44

Ha ha ha DU trivia SheltieLover May 4 #45

Voo doo economics? Meadowoak May 6 #51

Yup, I remember that term SheltieLover May 6 #53

People are wed to being right about Trump vs looking out what's best for Middle class uponit7771 May 4 #46

Covidiots! SheltieLover May 4 #38

No. democratic tried repeatedly,.meanwhile those same areas want to kill affirmative action and hate blue states lostnfound May 4 #43

Easier to just quote the text rather than making us shitter-averse to look at the site. erronis May 3 #3

How do we get this into the mainstream KT2000 May 3 #4

Dem politicians are enablers of the H-1B farce RandomNumbers May 3 #18

K&R Blue Owl May 3 #5

Exactly 👍 TommieMommy May 3 #6

I have been wondering when our so called news orgs would point this out, nations did not steal jobs, our own ShazamIam May 3 #7

Some corporations also outsource jobs because they can pollute and abuse workers without worry in some countries Attilatheblond May 3 #8

Trump aims to make them able to AdamGG May 3 #23

Through some good fortune, I block Twitter/X, so here it is. usonian May 3 #9

Simple conservative principles. dchill May 3 #10

modernize china, send them our factories , the rich outsourced everything and now we are paying for it. AllaN01Bear May 3 #11

Another way to say essentially the same thing. . . Stargleamer May 3 #12

This IS how Capitalism works, right... BurnDoubt May 3 #13

Yes Meowmee May 3 #14

not odd. poozwah May 3 #15

Thank you ToxMarz May 3 #19

I continue to hope one lousy reporter asks Trump why he outsourced all his products if he was so Vinca May 3 #20

Another problem that was the direct cause of - wait for it - republicans. Initech May 3 #21

I can remember my Dad, back in the Sixties, or early Seventies saying that people should " buy American". love_katz May 3 #26

One company that only sold Made in USA products: WALMART! Grins May 5 #49

! LudwigPastorius May 3 #27

China didn't 'steal' our manufacturing capability. It was GIVEN to them by our corporate CEOs over the years dalton99a May 4 #28

Yes!!! And Wall Street incentivized those actions... Grins May 4 #32

+1. It is the same mentality across the board - software development, technical support, customer service, etc. dalton99a May 4 #33

I can attest to this. Linda ladeewolf May 4 #41

Yep, joint ventures (JVs) allowed more IP to pass than what was stolen uponit7771 May 4 #47

"not found" " this page does not exist" niyad May 4 #29

See comment 9, above TommyT139 May 4 #30

My friend was solicited by an acquaintance to join him no_hypocrisy May 4 #31

When six companies own most of what Americans "know"... Kid Berwyn May 4 #35

Plus a gazillion. love_katz May 6 #52

If they did bring the jobs back, robots would do the work. Emile May 4 #42

Yep!!! They shipped the jobs when automation was more expensive now it's cheaper and more precise uponit7771 May 4 #48

Many outsourced jobs for no reason at all Johonny May 5 #50

"and CEOs are mostly morons"👈🏿👈🏿👈🏿 THIS !! There's no competition at CEO levels due to lack of diversity it's ... uponit7771 May 6 #55

Another problem is - the factories will probably go in poor communities womanofthehills May 6 #54