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OPINION: Domestic Military Manufacturing Is Essential for National Security

November 28, 2025 Scott Vadnais

By Scott Vadnais November 25, 2025 For nearly a century, America’s military strength has come largely through self-reliance. We not only made the ships, airplanes and tanks, our country supplied the parts and materials for these complex systems. But a lot has changed in recent times. Unfortunately, our military has increasingly relied on … Read more

MACDONALD: As Germany Strangles Its Industry, Can The US Eat Their Lunch?

September 24, 2025 Steve MacDonald

If you wanted two more opposite sides of the industrial/engineering coin, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better match than Germany and the United States. We’re knocking down barriers, dumping red tape, and creating a long list of incentives for industry to do business from America’s shores. Employ us, we’ll make you proud. Germany, in … Read more

What do I owe them?

April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 Steve MacDonald

John Kass has an exceptional piece here about the Wall Street vs. Main Street crowds and what we owe our children. And what do we as Americans owe the children of America? We owe them a chance at success, not a guaranteed outcome, but a chance at winning. A chance at a good paying job, … Read more

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A Snapshot Of The Global Semiconductor Industry

January 11, 2025 Skip

I found it interesting to see the distribution of which areas of the globe have both the most semiconductor firms and their values. The Netherlands has one of the most important firms in this space: ASML. Sure, there are far more capitalized firms and far more well-known ones. Still, if you understand the idea that … Read more

NH Could Boost Manufacturing Jobs With One Simple Trick

December 16, 2024 Andrew Cline

Reviving American manufacturing is a hot topic in the nation and New Hampshire once again. A new Department of Business and Economic Affairs report on the state’s advanced manufacturing sector has drawn attention to that field’s recent growth here (well above the New England average) as well as its economic benefits (tens of thousands of jobs, billions … Read more

Is US Manufacturing Tanking?

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Skip

This is not good. For all the talk of “on-shoring” by the Biden Administration, its actual policies belie their talk, and now it is starting to show up. A chart and prose (and more at the link but essentially saying the same thing):

Notable Quote – It Is All about the Price!

October 8, 2022 Skip

Emphasis mine: The number of technologically feasible ways to produce any desired good in a modern economy is virtually infinite, but the subset of these which represent production methods that are also relatively economical is much smaller. Without the benefit of a price system, decision-makers who are faced with the bewildering variety of technologically possible … Read more

Data Point – Top 10 Car Producing Countries

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Skip

A rather interesting “infographic” video that show the car production of the top 10 countries over time – I was a bit surprised at the end how many cars the top country was manufacturing: (H/T: Leo)

China … Debate Night for the VP’s

October 8, 2020
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If you did not watch debate night for the VP’s this time you missed something on China. The debate was a better articulation of the Harris Biden position than Joe was able to present. The interaction was more professional than the first Presidential debate. There did seem to be a clear winner. I may be … Read more

Moving Out With American Trucking

May 5, 2020

American trucking is responsible for much of our way of life. Most of us fail to realize how many of the things we use or consume daily do not have a local source. Whether it’s food, fuel, electronics or clothes; the goods are not from a local source.

Trump Winning: US and China To Sign Phase 1 Trade Deal Today

January 15, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If only Nixon could go to China, perhaps only Trump could get them to revisit trade. It’s not a stretch. No one has made any serious effort to insist on a better deal for the United States. But today, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu are scheduled to sign the phase 1 agreement.

Ford Adding 3000 Jobs in Michigan – Investing 1.45 Billion in Increased US Manufacturing

December 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Good news for Detroit and the Michigan economy. Ford Motor Company is investing 1.45 Billion in Michigan and creating 3000 jobs.

Apple to Expand in Texas (Instead of China) – Add 10,000 Jobs to Build Mac Book Pro

September 23, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Trade war bad except when it’s good, right? And the feds give you a few incentives. Like a break on tariffs for a few parts that are manufactured in China. If you expand manufacturing in the US and add 10,000 Jobs. Sounds like a deal and it is.

Trump Boom Continues and the Recession The Democrats Wanted has Been Canceled

September 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Back in mid-August the new it girl was a looming recession. The media was just wild about her. It’s all they could talk about it. And what did I say? The media’s obsession (short on substance) was a giveaway. And their wanting one probably meant it was a lie.

Obama: They’ll never come back

May 21, 2019 Skip

SHOT: Obama “When somebody says like the person you just mentioned who I’m not going to advertise for, that he’s going to bring all these jobs back. Well how exectly are you going to do that? What are you going to do? There’s uh-uh no answer to it. He just says. “I’m going to negotiate … Read more

Trump Announces Japan’s New 40 Billion Dollar Investment in US Manufacturing

April 28, 2019 Steve MacDonald

As promised Mr. Trump took a pass on the White House Correspondents Dinner and held a big beautiful rally instead. It was a monster event in Green Bay, Wisconsin. At which he announced Japan’s promise to invest 40 billion dollars to expand manufacturing in the US.

Data Point – US Manufacturing is far from dead

September 26, 2018April 1, 2012 Skip

We hear all the time that US manufacturing has died or that it has all been moved off-shore. Nonsense – we only got real good (and very productive) at it. In this, it is now following Agriculture (used to be 9 out of 10 Americans were needed to grow all the food we needed – … Read more