When I lived in Philly and Jersey, I'd drive between both states on I-95 and see the bridge right before you get to Trenton that says "Trenton Makes, the World Takes." Well, right now I don't think Trenton or any other city in the US is making much that the world is taking since we barely have any manufacturing in our country anymore.
Every time I watch the news and there's talk about how there aren't enough ventilators or masks for medical personnel in our hospitals, I find myself asking, Why not? With as much money as we have in the United States, why don't we have enough basic goods for our doctors, nurses, nursing home workers, and other medical personnel? I understand not having enough items on hand for this pandemic that really struck fast, but why aren't we able to simply make more of these items? Is it because we rely too much on overseas manufacturing? Because we're too dependent on cheaper products made in China? If this Coronavirus pandemic isn't a wake up call for the country, it should be. We really have to get back to manufacturing products in our own country. We need to make our own masks, ventilators, gloves, face shields, whatever so we can get these items distributed quickly when needed without having to rely on overseas manufacturers or the charity of other countries. The United States generates a lot of money. It's time we started putting more of that money to work in our own country. Of course it costs more to make things domestically, but so what. Again, we're not exactly a country that doesn't have money. Plus, we can and should pay people decent wages for work like this. We used to make things, we used to manufacture items, and now we don't and it's coming back to bite us in the ass.
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