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Originally Posted by XutvJet
The GOP's Lord and Savior, Ronald Reagan, is largely responsible for why manufacturing left the US when he focused on transitioning the US to service-based industries in hopes of getting the US out of its recession in the 1980s.
China holds only a fraction of the (foreign-owned) land (~1%) in the US compared to tons of other countries than own the other 99% and is FAR bigger portions.
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He also tripled the national debt during his 2 terms. It wasn't even $1 trillion when he took office, and approached $3 trillion when he left.
To make all this "pain" palatable, we need to demonize the folks that we all willingly bought all our junk from. Like they made us buy all that stuff.
I made a small but significant edit to your post. I hope that doesn't offend.