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lapfog_1

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1. rebuilding the manufacturing base

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:30 PM

Monday

OK, assuming for a moment that this is happening... and new factories are popping up all over... where is the jump in employment for the construction? And why is this investment a cause for inflation? more capital chasing construction goods... sure, but manufacturing plants and home building overlap in only a few areas... so, again, not sure why this causes inflation.

Show me the data CNN.

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Just heard on CNN: not only are tariffs and political interference [View all] applegrove Monday OP

rebuilding the manufacturing base lapfog_1 Monday #1

There is also the supplies for a running factory that applegrove Monday #2