在不制造制造业的情况下醒来

大流行在很多方面都很艰难。生活失去的生活和生活计划，教室和营业场所完全颠覆，前所未有的心理健康危机，混乱的全球供应链，清单还在继续。就像过去两年以上的毁灭性一样，该时期并非没有银色衬里。

One of them is that the rest of the world now knows what those of us in the manufacturing sector have known all along: the incredible importance of U.S. manufacturing to the overall economy. When consumers can get what they want, when they want it at a price that seems reasonable it’s quite easy for them to take manufacturing for granted. When their ability to do so is restrained by a dysfunctional supply chain, suddenly they begin to realize the incredible difference that manufacturing and a well-oiled supply chain make in their lives.

想象一下，一个早晨，没有美国制造业的经济：每年2.4万亿美元的国内生产总值消失而没有痕迹，并且在制造业领域中也超过1200万个职业。这1200万个职业平均每年支付超过83,000美元的职业，比平均非农业业务工作的年度薪酬高出57％。

但是，美国制造业的影响并没有开始和结束，而经济对企业主及其员工的影响。制造公司不仅是生产者，而且是消费者。他们确保了业务和员工，帮助助长整个财产，伤亡，卫生和工人的赔偿。单个制造商购买制造设备和分包制造服务，支持更大的制造经济影响。制造商购买天然气，电力，城市蒸汽和其他形式的能源，为这些部门的就业和机会做出了贡献。制造商采购材料，包括金属，化学品，纺织品和塑料，并采购车辆，卡车和叉车来运输它们。

制造商会聘请律师，会计师和顾问来支持其业务。他们投资软件来管理财务，经营工厂并保持与客户的关系。他们建造建筑物，铺平停车场，维护其财产。他们缴税和费用。其中许多 - 联邦所得税，州所得税，就业税，基础设施评估，许可费和清单还在继续。

On the day we wake up to no manufacturing, all of these so-called backward linkages disappear. And so do the forward linkages, because the 12 million people earning their $83,000 plus in average annual income don’t keep all of that money, they spend it.

They purchase or build their homes and rent their apartments and then heat them, cool them, maintain them and improve them. They invest in vehicles. They travel, consume entertainment, purchase groceries and dine out. They shop to their heart’s content — online, in shopping malls and at the corner drug store. They pay interest on mortgages, buy insurance and utilize mobile phone, WiFi and streaming services. Birthday presents, car repairs, haircuts. And they pay taxes along with sewer, water and trash fees.

他甚至知道制造业以外的影响for every job in manufacturing? The全国制造商协会说确实如此 - 每花1美元用于制造业的经济影响2.68美元。

Setting aside for the moment the economic impact of manufacturing, manufactured products are fundamental to our very way of life. The building materials that comprise our homes and the furniture, technology, appliances, devices and fixtures inside them — none exist without manufacturing. Nor do our vehicles, tools or offices. Virtually everything humanity holds or uses owes its existence to our sector.

在没有制造业的世界上醒来，这是一场噩梦 - 在经济上和我们的一生中。我们中的那些人长期以来已经理解了这一真理。由于供应链的破坏，我们的非制造朋友和邻居也开始理解它。

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此外，这种破坏突显了使制造更接近消费点的需求。对于美国制造业来说，真的是个好消息。

愿这个机会不会丢失！让我们再也不会将美国制造业视为理所当然，而是倡导它，投资并培训并创造新一代的美国制造人才。