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US manufacturing is an all time high and the population is still growing. China has been below replacement levels for birth rate long enough that their populati

• OO000oo 3y ago
  The US makes almost nothing on its own and I expect you know that, and the US population would be shrinking at a suicidal rate if not for mass human labor trafficking from the 3rd world.
• howmayiannoyyou 3y ago
  This is absurdly incorrect in the context of the article. As just one example - the US shuttered more than half of its ship building capacity after the Soviet Union fell. You cannot convert a foreign owned Toyota auto assembly plant into a shipyard. And, it would be nice if US economic stats made a distinction between manufacturing and assembly. A lot of what you call manufacturing is simply the low skilled combining of parts made overseas.
  • mcphage 3y ago
    > You cannot convert a foreign owned Toyota auto assembly plant into a shipyard. As long as it’s in the US—yeah, you can.
    • fragmede 3y ago
      The US government coming in and forcibly taking control of a Toyota auto assembly plant located on US soil won't do anything to move it 320 miles down 65 from Huntsville, Alabama to the (gulf) coast. I'm no shipbuilder, but I get the impression that shipyards are typically near the ocean.
      • mcphage 3y ago
        Oh, if the issue at hand is because of its physical location, then you're right, although it could still manufacture parts. I thought the GP was emphasizing the fact that it was owned by a non-US company.