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to build the kind of high quality manufacturing infrastructure that the US (and Canada 
) have/had. It takes decades and generations to create a skilled working class with good paying jobs and humane labor standards. Yet it takes only the swipe of a pen to sell it all off for a quick buck, lining the pockets of a few.
And once its gone, it is assumed that it is too impractical or expensive to rebuild it all.
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