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John Phelan: “We have hollowed out manufacturing in America. We make very…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Fireside Chat with John C. Phelan

Published | Video Starts at 04:57

Why do countries such as like South Korea, why can they build more ships than the U.S. so I think it's a. It's a broad thing. We have hollowed out manufacturing in America. We make very few things in this country. We are great at creating intellectual ideas and then outsourcing them and having a made somewhere else. So we created this huge labor arbitrage which businessmen take advantage of and they're doing the right things for their shareholders. (04:57–05:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. has significantly reduced its manufacturing capabilities.

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