How many countries in the world manufacture commercial airliners? How many countries in the world manufacture automobiles sold around the world (don't forget a

How many countries in the world manufacture commercial airliners? How many countries in the world manufacture automobiles sold around the world (don't forget a lot of 'foreign' cars are manufactured in the United States)? How many countries in the world has a private company manufacturing re-usable rocketry capable of carrying crews to the ISS? I've been reading these scaremongering stories all my life. First it was Japan eating our lunch. Where are they now? Then it was Mexico poised to take all our manufacturing. Didn't happen. Now everyone is scared about China. Pretty soon they're going to realize they don't want to be in the business of manufacturing screws, either. There's simply no money in it. Meanwhile U.S. manufacturing has been growing. That's something the NY Times is conspicuously silent about. I'm not saying the U.S. doesn't have social and political issues we need to get sorted out - but there's never been a time in our history that we haven't had social and political issues we need to get sorted out. I'm not saying we don't have progress to achieve. I'm saying I'm sick and tired about hearing how the U.S. no longer manufactures screws and consumer electronics. There's a bigger picture to consider.