US manufacturing investment tripled in four years. Capacity grew 1.5 percent. The reshoring narrative is a press release boom mistaken for an industrial one.
Or at the very least a prime time "Investigative Report" on some major national news program.
People need to know what's going on and that our politicians are not making things better for us.
At the same time, what are people supposed to do? We vote, but our politicians on both sides of the aisle are bought and paid for by billionaires.
With "Citizens United" the Supreme Court ruled that Corporations are the same as People and are allowed to contribute to elections. And Billionaires can create Super PACS and contribute billions to elect politicians who benefit them and only them. Then our lawmakers and elected officials are indebted to the billionaires, not to the people who vote for them.
This is not Democracy. It's a farce.
So, what are people supposed to do?
We can complain to our elected officials and lawmakers but the only voices that matter to them are those who pay their bills. We're living in an oligarchy masquerading as a democracy.
The frustration is fair. One thing that struck me writing this: voters are being shown announcements as if they were completions. 244,000 jobs were "announced" in 2025, but only 2 percent of CEOs actually finished moving production home. Foxconn went from 13,000 promised jobs to 1,454, with Wisconsin still on the hook for $1.34 billion in infrastructure. Until the press counts what gets built instead of what gets promised, even informed voters are working from the wrong scoreboard.
This should be a New York Times article!
Or at the very least a prime time "Investigative Report" on some major national news program.
People need to know what's going on and that our politicians are not making things better for us.
At the same time, what are people supposed to do? We vote, but our politicians on both sides of the aisle are bought and paid for by billionaires.
With "Citizens United" the Supreme Court ruled that Corporations are the same as People and are allowed to contribute to elections. And Billionaires can create Super PACS and contribute billions to elect politicians who benefit them and only them. Then our lawmakers and elected officials are indebted to the billionaires, not to the people who vote for them.
This is not Democracy. It's a farce.
So, what are people supposed to do?
We can complain to our elected officials and lawmakers but the only voices that matter to them are those who pay their bills. We're living in an oligarchy masquerading as a democracy.
The frustration is fair. One thing that struck me writing this: voters are being shown announcements as if they were completions. 244,000 jobs were "announced" in 2025, but only 2 percent of CEOs actually finished moving production home. Foxconn went from 13,000 promised jobs to 1,454, with Wisconsin still on the hook for $1.34 billion in infrastructure. Until the press counts what gets built instead of what gets promised, even informed voters are working from the wrong scoreboard.