If there is one thing that Democrats and Republicans always seem to agree on, it’s this: Manufacturing jobs are the key to economic success in this country. We’ve got to “revitalize” the manufacturing sector if the economy is to generate strong job growth and economic expansion. That’s just such total hogwash, because it’s not true and it’s not reflective of reality. To begin with, it’s always been difficult to understand why “manufacturing jobs” are so sacrosanct in many peoples’ minds.  What is it about sitting in front of an assembly line for hours on end, repeating the same task of putting gizmo A into whatchamacallit B 240 times per day that defines “economic prosperity” to some people? We don’t hold retail jobs or service-sector jobs up as similar yardsticks of the health of our economy. However, manufacturing is a great stereotypical image, a great cliché: The thought of...(Read Full Article)