It’s fair to eye roll at ineffective agreements that don’t pan out. Racing to the bottom with tax incentives is not the only way to bring back manufacturing and hasn’t seemed to work when it’s tried.
I don’t mind eye rolling at corporate handouts and deals that are mirages. But the parent comment only seems to be mocking the idea of bringing manufacturing back and saying how dumb Republicans are for wanting to do it.
> mocking the idea of bringing manufacturing back and saying how dumb Republicans are for wanting to do it.
At what point did I ever say Republicans were dumb for wanting it? I'm mocking the idea that Republicans actively denounced corporate welfare (saying it's a Democratic thing), yet just do it themselves (and then fail at actually make the change for that matter).
The parent comment mentioned he is a registered republican, so its relevant. I was merely making a joke about that since they referenced that in their comment. They also mentioned:
> the last LCD panel manufacturer in the US closed around then and we could no longer manufacture LCD for our military vehicles
Where did they say it was a good idea or a bad idea? Where did I say it was a bad idea? My reply was commenting specifically on the fact that the party he supports literally tried to manufacture the one item he was referring to and failed at it.
Maybe YOU'RE the one with little value added to this discussion other than getting triggered.
EDIT: Just to clarify - you seem to be only focusing on one part of my comment an interpreting exactly what you want to hear. Maybe take a step back and realize what's important to you.
> Where did they say it was a good idea or a bad idea?
The entire comment made the case. But if you want specifics, how about the sentences immediately prior to the one you pulled out of context: “I argued vociferously to a Dem friend in 2000 that our inability to manufacture critical components was going to kill us. Kind of literally:”
But yeah, I’m sure the problem here is that I’m “triggered.”
There's a difference between saying corporate welfare is a bad idea and saying manufacturing in the US is a bad idea. I said the former and you inferred the latter. I criticized the implementation of an idea and you focused on the idea. It's amazing how predictable you lot are.
For the record - manufacturing output in the US is trending upward[0] (sans recession). Manufacturing employment is down, not because it's outsourced to China, but because its being automated.
