"Let's be crystal clear about what's really happening:

Without strong unions, bringing manufacturing back to America will simply create more sweatshop opportunities where desperate workers earn between $7.25 and $15 an hour with zero benefits and zero security."

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"While Republicans babble endlessly about "job creators," they fundamentally misunderstand " or deliberately obscure " how a nation's true wealth is actually generated.

It's not through Wall Street speculation or billionaire tax breaks. It's through making things of value; the exact activity their donor class has eagerly shipped overseas for decades while pocketing the difference.

There's a profound economic reason to bring manufacturing home that Adam Smith laid out in 1776 and Alexander Hamilton amplified in 1791 when he presented his vision for turning America into a manufacturing powerhouse.

It's the fundamental principle behind Smith's book "The Wealth of Nations" that I explain in detail in The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America.".

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