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by mbesto 2014 days ago
> the last LCD panel manufacturer in the US closed around then and we could no longer manufacture LCD for our military vehicles

And funny enough our gov't (I'll let you guess which political party) struck a deal with Foxconn to produce LCDs in Wisconsin. It has failed miserably: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/12/21217060/foxconn-wisconsi...
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southeastern 2014 days ago
Basically amounted to corporate handouts, with the way the money was mispent. I don't think the issue is that the labor class is getting too big a share, cases like this should make it clear that inequality that's at the root of these problems
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jtbayly 2014 days ago
So an attempt was made to bring back manufacturing, and that’s so terrible? Let’s all roll our eyes at the Republicans.
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GcVmvNhBsU 2013 days ago
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.
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jtbayly 2013 days ago
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.
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mbesto 2013 days ago
> 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).

Take your triggered self over to Reddit.

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jtbayly 2013 days ago
The discussion was about manufacturing and whether it was a good idea to bring it back and if so how.

I don’t think your comments have added anything of value to that discussion, just bringing politics in for the sake of mocking.

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mbesto 2013 days ago
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.

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mbesto 2013 days ago
You pretty much just made my point.
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