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Trump’s ignorant tariffs won’t bring US manufacturing jobs back

Tariffs are a consumption tax on the middle calls and don’t bring jobs. Tariffs make the rich even richer at the expense of the middle class. As history in many countries, including the USA, Germany, and China teaches us, government funding of education and innovation bring jobs. In his address to Congress, Trump said the …

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Government Funding of Innovation Began Dropping in the 1980s Under Reagan- Now Most of What We See is Monetization of Old Technologies.

Semiconductors, solar panels, the internet, lithium ion batteries, computers, rockets, satellites, jet airplanes, modern tires, SIRI, liquid crystal display and multi–touch screen, MRI, radar, wind energy, GPS, Google, LEDs, and AI all originated through government funding – long ago. Government funded supersonic jet aircraft developed in San Diego and first flown in 1956. A time …

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