Yeah, instead we should just print money and hang that debt around our kids and grandkids necks, all while further deindustrializing. That's a bold strategy breadwinner, let's see how it plays out for your grandkids in the long term. "Wealth" isn't the only metric of a strength of a nation, especially when you can just literally print money. You kinda _have to_ also make stuff. Selling $1 Chinese chotchkes for $5 is not a long term viable economic model for a superpower.
Do you know how many Chinese parts go into a Boeing plane? You do need to make them here, too. "Sweatshops" is a red herring. There's no way there's more than $10 of labor per pair of shoes. If we survived Biden's $15/lb beef, we'll survive this too.
