Likely growing tired of my incessant rants over how America screwed itself out of being the mightiest manufacturing nation on earth my young nephew sent me an interesting article. It begins with how we were the manufacturers of everything the world could want, and the world did want our products. But then goes on to explain how little we make now. We do have a few holdouts however, but……
Did you know we manufacture no flatware in the United States ? …or can a single sardine ?….. Are you not concerned that we manufacture not a single button down shirt or a clothes hanger on which to hang it?…. Or even a replacement button for it. Well the article goes on to explain that there are a few….very few…jobs we haven’t lost to the Chinese and lists ten of them. All of these industries are in peril with the possible exception of the last one. We make bowling balls Sparklers Compact discs Pianos Socks Ironing boards Pencils Sneakers Electrical relays……
Well that’s only nine you say and you are quite correct. So what could possibly be a “growing“ manufacturing industry that exports its product that’s made here in the United States ?…… please sit.
We manufacture chopsticks for export to China….billions of em. Each and every one stamped with “Made in USA” . Now you might think me evil but ya know….maybe the Republicans are right….we should abolish the EPA. That way we could also manufacture lead paint again so those chopsticks could all be painted in wonderfully appetizing colors.
The article is titled 10 Industries still hanging on.
