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by jacquesm 2229 days ago
A couple of decades should do it then.
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And? We didn't ship everything to China overnight.

However, it doesn't take that long. The problem is that there is no continuity in American businesses:

https://operationsroom.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/why-is-ge-br...

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190912005862/en/GE-...

GE learned the lessons and brought it back. Then shipped it back out. And now are bringing it back again.

The problem is nobody gets promoted for being solid--everybody needs to be a rockstar.

We need some innovation where small domestic businesses run rings around the big guns. The problem is--those aren't home-run businesses--they're solid and profitable so nobody wants to invest in them.