[bt848]

Which part of that wikipedia article strikes you as characteristic of a "long, steady decline"?

[brenden2]

What I meant was manufacturing jobs, not actual manufacturing output. Just didn't phrase it correctly.

The government typically provides incentives under the condition of creating jobs, but they're trying to create jobs people don't want.

[bt848]

That's true, also government programs to create jobs are pretty misguided in an environment with all-time-low unemployment. We should be trying to create employees.

[rusk]

It’s a form of wealth distribution that’s morally more palatable than putting all these guys on welfare, though perhaps not as cost effective

[Consultant32452]

Donald Trump won in the rust belt, at least in part, by promising those people he'd bring back their manufacturing jobs. People do want those jobs.