How do you get the capital goods necessary to make the stuff that you're going to have to make? But the thing that everybody kept on coming back to is We don't even have the people who are skilled in this particular trade anymore because we've so offshored it. And, you know, you realize your point about trade policy, all of this stuff is connected, but when you atrophy critical skills in the economy, and it's not easy just to flip that switch back on. (16:32–16:42)
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Asserts that the U.S. lacks skilled workers in certain trades due to offshoring.
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