{"id":65019,"date":"2026-08-13T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65019"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:00:35","slug":"the-manufacturing-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65019","title":{"rendered":"The Manufacturing Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article about what is happening to manufacturing in America.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Beneath the cacophony of media noise, an important untold story emerges: A manufacturing boom is unfolding across America right now, and especially so in the geographic center of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This developing boom represents an epochal shift because investments in factories and tangible production involve the stickiest kind of capital expenditures. The commitment to production involves a macro \u201cbet\u201d on a yearslong cycle, not a near-term wager on the latest fad or concerns about the price of gasoline next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As such, this mostly hidden story deserves to be studied and amplified, both for the economic benefits and also for the possible political windfall for candidates on the populist right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But before considering the import of this shift, it\u2019s important to look at the numbers, the verifiable on-the-ground data sets that prove this new reality. The most-watched gauge of productive activity, the ISM Manufacturing Index, just surged to a fresh four-year high<\/a>. Specifically, that ISM reading stands at 55 now, well above the 50 mark, which signals expansion. It has been rising for seven months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition, manufacturing employment is rising<\/a>, similarly marking a new four-year record high. These jobs are high-paying, family-sustaining roles that make our whole society stronger, not part-time \u201chustles\u201d or gig economy transitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article explains the cause of the manufacturing boom:<\/p>\n

How has this renaissance unfolded?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer is solid policy. First, the Trump administration insists on fair and reciprocal trade<\/a>. Gone are the days of America tolerating abusive and predatory trade tactics, particularly China\u2019s<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But even aside from our Chinese Communist Party opponents, allies and \u201cfriends\u201d abused America economically as well. For instance, Western Europe massively subsidized exports to the U.S. through its VAT taxation system, making their goods far more affordable for Americans than U.S. goods sent across the Atlantic. Such non-tariff trade barriers have been smartly exposed and repelled<\/a> by the new American approach to trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

America is welcoming a quiet but very real manufacturing renaissance. Admittedly, public economic sentiment remains skeptical right now, which is understandable after 5 years of untenable inflation. But these epochal trends in manufacturing suggest that recent pronounced blue-collar real wage gains<\/a>, meaning pay adjusted for the cost of living, will only accelerate going forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turning to electoral politics, the legacy media sadly has no interest in covering this huge story. Thus, it is incumbent on our movement and our candidates to broadcast the good news of a very real trend that points to far more Main Street prosperity ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The good economic news has a way of slipping between the cracks when a Republican is in the White House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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