The current economic incentives for individuals to enter the tool and die trade in the United States have declined, leading to labor shortages.

“I think the incentives to go into tool and die have gone downhill. So I saw a New York Times article that showed a graph that in the '80s, '90s, tool and die makers were above the average by about 20 % in terms of income in the United States. That's dropped today to 15 % below the standard income le”

Manufacturing goods locally is vital for ensuring self-reliance, stability, and freedom for a community.

“If you can manufacture things locally, then that ensures your self-reliance, your stability, and ultimately, your freedom.”

The government should partner with the private sector to restore American manufacturing capacity to ensure a well-balanced economy.

“it's not that we need manufacturing as the penultimate industry it's that we needed it to be part of a well-balanced economy and so the push to rebalance the economy with China to bring production back which by the way is in China's own interests”