Republicans have offshored steel making, the textile industry, and manufacturing. Off shoring continued unabated under Trump, and there were fewer jobs in manufacturing in 2019, BEFORE the pandemic, than there were in 2009 when Obama took office.
U.S. manufacturing is in recession, two-thirds of economic forecasters said in a survey, and overall growth in the second half of 2019 is expected to further slow.
www.wsj.com
U.S. manufacturing activity tumbled to a more than 10-year low in September as lingering trade tensions weighed on exports, further heightening financial market fears of a sharp slowdown in economic growth in the third quarter.
www.reuters.com
Did you come up with the solution of building more housing by yourself, Captain Obvious, or did you have help thinking about it? The devil is in the details. Who builds the housing? Where will it be built? How will it be financed? How much profit will private companies be allowed to make? How much will residents pay? Will housing be built for single people or families?
If Republicans have a solution, why haven't they built houses in red states, like Florida - currently the state with the 3rd highest rate of homelessness in the USA:
The latest data indicates nearly 650,000 people across the nation’s 50 states and the District of Columbia are considered homeless.
www.lendingtree.com