For nearly 30 years, American jobs have been shifted overseas. This includes textiles, appliances, electronics, etc. With US tariffs at an all-time low, imported goods have been relatively cheap. Big business could move jobs overseas, where the labor is cheaper, and import them back. Many Americans haven't complained because they continued to get cheap goods. The overlooked result has been fewer well-paying jobs for the middle class.
Manufacturing offers some of the best-paying jobs in the country. These jobs also affect others that are part of the chain--distributors, transportation, suppliers, etc. When you lose a manufacturer, you lose more than just a local plant.
I've linked the title head to this article to a website called Made in USA; please check it out. They post this on their sidebar:
"There are 293 million people living in the United States. If each one would shift $20 a month in spending from foreign made products to American made products, that would create 5 million new jobs."
What sets this site apart from others is you can do a Search and find American companies based on a Flag system--one flag means the item was manufactured in the US, 2 flags means the content of the product was manufactured in the US, and 3 flags means the company is incorporated in the US. Often they'll include a website or phone number so you can order online or request a catalog.
Video, audio and news links are also posted at in the library.
A series on You Tube talks about the decline of America's economy and some of its causes, from immigrants (legal and illegal) to outsourcing, over-regulation (perhasp mis-regulation is a better term), etc. While we can dispute some of the causes, the end result has been a loss of at least 3 million manufacturing jobs since 2000.
Go to You Tube for the rest of the segments.
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