[jtbayly]

> 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.”

[mbesto]

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.

[0] - https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2016/05/manufacturing-up-dow...