Yellen: American Manufacturing Is a ‘Pipe Dream,’ May Not Be a ‘Desirable Goal’

[Correll]

OK
So what you are hypothesizing is a total cessation of free trade in the entire world.

Under what scenario do you think that would happen?

ANSWER THE QUESTION.

This is leftards refusing to engage. They are on a discussion site, they come here and fill the pages with their negs, but they refuse to actually engage in any actual discussion of issues.


They have realized that their policies are so bad for America and Americans, that the only way they can hope to advance them, is to refuse to discuss them.


They will attack the other side and make idiotic assertions constantly, but never engage in discussion.

 

[80zephyr]

OK
So what you are hypothesizing is a total cessation of free trade in the entire world.

Under what scenario do you think that would happen?

I never said that. I am simply stating that we need to produce things in order to have national security. It can be like autos. a lot of countries make them.

 

[Muhammed]

Manufacturing began moving out 50 years ago.
Our economy adjusted. We now have 4 percent unemployment.

Americans are not going to leave their current jobs to work on an assembly line.

Kids don’t graduate hoping to work on an assembly line

Ahh, the old "jobs Americans won't do" canard.

I didn't know you were such a W fan.

Ever notice that every single time pundits try to name one of these jobs Americans allegedly won't do, they are immediately proven wrong.

The fact of the matter is that, as we speak, the are multitudes of Americans working on assembly lines. I've personally worked on assembly lines myself.

That is proof that Americans will indeed work on assembly lines.

 

[Frankenstein]

Not to mention they don’t account for the investment that isn’t happening because tariffs are too volatile.

Unfair trade is what is volatile

 

[kyzr]

GSE's to assist AMERICAN companies in lower-end manufacturing in Central and South America. I've gone over this multiple times, but you people had (to no surprise) no idea what I was talking about.
Now, list off that $7 trillion for me.
What are those deals? What is their timeline? And how much more is the figure than they were already planning on spending?

1. You can do your own research, its called "google"

2. Here are a few links to get you started.

List of companies pledging to invest billions in US since Donald Trump win

Trump has brought in some big investments in his two months in office, most recently Johnson & Johnson.

www.newsweek.com

Hyundai celebrates opening of new $7.6 billion EV plant in Georgia

The South Korean automaker will dodge Trump's new tariffs.

fortune.com

President Trump announces that TSMC will invest 15 trillion yen in US semiconductor factories

By Li Jilin As President Donald Trump's 'deal diplomacy' using tariffs as a weapon increases the risk of tariffs on products produced outside the United States, TSMC and President Trump jointly announced a plan on March 3, 2025 to invest at least $100 billion (15 trillion yen) in additional...

gigazine.net

https://www.reuters.com/world/after-trump-meeting-uae-commits-10-year-14-trillion-investment-framework-us-2025-03-21/

UAE commits to $1.4 trillion US investment, White House says​

President Trump: US secures $3 trillion in investments on his first day in office, projects $7 trillion by week’s end - Tech Startups

Just hours after unveiling what he called the largest AI infrastructure project in U.S. history, President Donald Trump took to X (formerly Twitter) to share another staggering milestone. The United States has already secured nearly $3 trillion in new investments, with projections suggesting the...

techstartups.com

 

[DonGlock26]

Honda considers switching some car production to US from Mexico, Canada, Nikkei reports

TOKYO (Reuters) -Honda is considering switching some car production from Mexico and Canada to the United States, aiming for 90% of cars sold in the country to be made locally in response to new U.S. auto tariffs, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday. Japan's second-biggest automaker by...

ca.finance.yahoo.com

 

[d0gbreath]

This is a great ad for the GOP moving forward.

There is no question you have some Establishment politicians who are not exactly in the corner of American Interests.

Many Americans want more factories in the US, they just don't want to work the factory jobs.

 

[Correll]

Many Americans want more factories in the US, they just don't want to work the factory jobs.

Makes sense. THey want the jobs for those that want the jobs. I'm not really up for changing careers at this point in my life, but I know plenty of younger people that would jump at the chance.


So, what part of this is confusing to you?

 

[d0gbreath]

Makes sense. THey want the jobs for those that want the jobs. I'm not really up for changing careers at this point in my life, but I know plenty of younger people that would jump at the chance.


So, what part of this is confusing to you?

Yep, young folks would jump at a factory job, until they discover that it involves doing the same thing over and over all day long.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Many Americans want more factories in the US, they just don't want to work the factory jobs.

They'd rather do what? Sit at home and make zero dollars as millions in Canada are forced to do?

 

[d0gbreath]

They'd rather do what? Sit at home and make zero dollars as millions in Canada are forced to do?

There are plenty of far better jobs here than working the line in a factory.

 

[Correll]

Yep, young folks would jump at a factory job, until they discover that it involves doing the same thing over and over all day long.

Jobs are for money. Young people will like jobs that give them enough money to get ahead.

 

[d0gbreath]

Jobs are for money. Young people will like jobs that give them enough money to get ahead.

For about a month.

 

[22lcidw]

Ask them how they feel about unions.

With that quality and even politics comes into play.

 

[Frankenstein]

Many Americans want more factories in the US, they just don't want to work the factory jobs.

B.S the companies just can't have sustainable work with the EPA on their back constantly

 

[Dragonlady]

Janet Yellen: American Manufacturing Is a 'Pipe Dream,' May Not Be a 'Desirable Goal'

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blasted President Donald Trump, saying the return of American manufacturing is a "pipe dream."

www.breitbart.com

Janet Yellen: American Manufacturing Is a 'Pipe Dream,' May Not Be a 'Desirable Goal'

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blasted President Donald Trump, saying the return of American manufacturing is a "pipe dream."

www.breitbart.com

These Democrats do not want the American working class to recover EVER. They want everyone on the Democrat welfare state plantation.

You just never stop with the stupidity do you??? Trump is the man who immediately cancelled the infrastucture bill, ended $35 a month insulin, and cancelled overtime for fast food workers. In fact, Trump has done more damage to working Americans than any President in history.

 

[Frankenstein]

You just never stop with the stupidity do you??? Trump is the man who immediately cancelled the infrastucture bill, ended $35 a month insulin, and cancelled overtime for fast food workers. In fact, Trump has done more damage to working Americans than any President in history.

That is because there wasn't any infrastructure in it you twat

Biden's “Infrastructure” Plan

President Biden is proposing a massive spending plan to supposedly build and rebuild America's infrastructure. While the plan relies on the moderate and uncontroversial term “infrastructure,” less than 5% would actually go toward traditional road infrastructure projects. Rather, it will be spent...

www.heritage.org

If only 5% of two and a quarter trillion dollars will go toward traditionally defined infrastructure projects, where does the other 95% go?

 

[Dragonlady]

That is because there wasn't any infrastructure in it you twat

Biden's “Infrastructure” Plan

President Biden is proposing a massive spending plan to supposedly build and rebuild America's infrastructure. While the plan relies on the moderate and uncontroversial term “infrastructure,” less than 5% would actually go toward traditional road infrastructure projects. Rather, it will be spent...

www.heritage.org

If only 5% of two and a quarter trillion dollars will go toward traditionally defined infrastructure projects, where does the other 95% go?

Yes, I do know where the money was going: Into construction of MANUFACTURING PLANTS, for the conversion to green energy that Trump is also cancelling. This is problematic because the USA is spending $200 billion dollars a year on climate disasters.

Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects

The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican.

www.nytimes.com

Meanwhile Trump's also ending all FEMA assistance, leaving states which are still doing cleanup on massive storms and floods in North Carolina, with no money and no workers.

FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline

"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.

ncnewsline.com

Then there's the effect of Trump's last trade war which set the manufacturing sector back to 2009. These articles are from his first administration.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

We can reshore manufacturing jobs, but Trump hasn’t done it: Trade rebalancing, infrastructure, and climate investments could create 17 million good jobs and rebuild the American economy

Trump’s trade policies have failed to curb offshoring—and they have not addressed the root causes of America’s growing trade deficits and the decline of American manufacturing. On top of that, COVID-19—and the administration’s mismanagement of the crisis—has wiped out much of the last decade’s...

www.epi.org

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/503603-the-wheels-are-coming-off-trumps-trade-policy/

So you've ended the policies which gave the USA an economy that was the "envy of the world", to return us to the failed policies which causes Trump's first economic collapse.

 

[task0778]

OK, here's my question: according to the BLS, in Feb 2025 the US had approx 482,000 job openings in manufacturing. Absorb that for a moment, do we need more job openings or more people to fill them? Specifically, US citizens.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf

Now, consider this:
A chart that went viral on multiple social media platforms over the weekend highlights this major tension when it comes to reshoring factory jobs: While Americans say they want more manufacturing back in the U.S., they do not personally believe they'd be better off working one of them.

The graphic, made by the Financial Times and based on a 2024 survey from the Cato Institute, shows that while 80% of Americans believe the country would be better off with more manufacturing jobs, just 25% believe they would individually be better off working in a factory.

"It's a result that holds across class, education, and racial lines," wrote Colin Grabow, associate director at Cato's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, when the survey came out. "The most enthusiastic group, those aged 18–29, still registered just 36% interest in manufacturing employment."

Americans want more U.S. factory jobs—as long as they don’t have to work them

“Such jobs can’t find enough interested Americans to fill them.”

www.yahoo.com

So, WTF are we doing here?

 

[Doc7505]

Manufacturing began moving out 50 years ago.
Our economy adjusted. We now have 4 percent unemployment.

Americans are not going to leave their current jobs to work on an assembly line.

Kids don’t graduate hoping to work on an assembly line

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No one is disputing the fact that Nixon and Henry Kissinger were key in beginning of trade with the CCP.
Contrary to your statement about Americans refusal to work in assembly lines, you'll have to discuss that with the assembly worker presently working in Hyundai, KIA, Nissan and Toyota plants now in the U.S.
They seem to have adjusted well to their work environment and so will other American workers willing to work..