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Resurrect U.S. Manufacturing

Competence in U.S. manufacturing began to fall apart in the 70's. To resurrect it would be a futile effort.

Manufacturing competence was replaced by PIP (Profit Improvement Programs), cash milking mindsets, constant cost reduction programs, a refusal to advance technologically, poor labor/management relations at many of the leading manufacturing firms, lack of engineering talent and, perhaps most important, a complete lack of quality control.

While unfortunate, rebuilding the U.S. manufacturing base to competitive levels is virtually impossible.

The Low Hanging Fruit of Credit Downgrades

"What, if any, is the golden nugget we have in our back pocket this
> time..."

Don't sell us short. Financial innovation, tort law, Congress (oops, lobbyists), leverage at every level, education, the world's healthiest gun (oops, crime) industry, health care, extremest political (oops, religious) groups and a public too preoccupied to bother getting involved.

The rest of the world need not advance, we will do it for them.