On Yankee Ingenuity

"Made in America" must make a comeback

One thing the financial crisis shows is that the United States is in trouble because Americans have stopped making stuff.

It used to be that we made a lot of stuff: televisions, clothes, washing machines, radios, typewriters, shoes, telephones, and furniture. And we also used to make the stuff out of which stuff was made: steel, aluminum, plastic, rubber, glass, and electrical components. Today that's largely made overseas. They send us their stuff and we send them our money.
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Source: Christian Science Monitor

Note: Perhaps the current economic crisis will demand that we once again learn the crafts and workmanship of generations past. Change is coming.