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So I found a guy that could do it. He's an old school guy. He was from Pennsylvania. He moved down to Alabama and he has an injection molding facility, but he knows how to make molds. How long have you been making molds?

So I found a guy that could do it. He's an old school guy. He was from Pennsylvania. He moved down to Alabama and he has an injection molding facility, but he knows how to make molds. How long have you been making molds?

The argument to get things made in China was, well, you get it made in China because it's cheaper. That's what the argument has always been. And then I realized, oh, that's not the argument anymore. Now the argument is, we can't do it because we've been outsourcing it for so long, we've lost the skills.

The argument to get things made in China was, well, you get it made in China because it's cheaper. That's what the argument has always been. And then I realized, oh, that's not the argument anymore. Now the argument is, we can't do it because we've been outsourcing it for so long, we've lost the skills.

The argument to get things made in China was, well, you get it made in China because it's cheaper. That's what the argument has always been. And then I realized, oh, that's not the argument anymore. Now the argument is, we can't do it because we've been outsourcing it for so long, we've lost the skills.

And the old guy didn't train the young guy, and men and women working in factories haven't learned the skills because the people that knew how to do it have retired.

And the old guy didn't train the young guy, and men and women working in factories haven't learned the skills because the people that knew how to do it have retired.

And the old guy didn't train the young guy, and men and women working in factories haven't learned the skills because the people that knew how to do it have retired.

And so that's not something you can fix overnight. Because when I was an intern, the older engineer taught me how to do things. Tool and die interns, there's a program called Journeyman and Apprentice. If they don't have somebody teaching them, we just skip that generation and that doesn't just come back. you have to have somebody to teach you that stuff.

And so that's not something you can fix overnight. Because when I was an intern, the older engineer taught me how to do things. Tool and die interns, there's a program called Journeyman and Apprentice. If they don't have somebody teaching them, we just skip that generation and that doesn't just come back. you have to have somebody to teach you that stuff.

And so that's not something you can fix overnight. Because when I was an intern, the older engineer taught me how to do things. Tool and die interns, there's a program called Journeyman and Apprentice. If they don't have somebody teaching them, we just skip that generation and that doesn't just come back. you have to have somebody to teach you that stuff.

So the reason it's so scary is because it made me realize in America, we like to push paper around and make money on things, but if we're not actually able to produce, what do you have?

So the reason it's so scary is because it made me realize in America, we like to push paper around and make money on things, but if we're not actually able to produce, what do you have?

So the reason it's so scary is because it made me realize in America, we like to push paper around and make money on things, but if we're not actually able to produce, what do you have?

A bolt, a bolt that goes on the thing. It's a quarter 20 stainless steel, one inch long bolt, the simplest mechanical object. I put out a tweet and said, I'm looking for an American manufacturer for this bolt. And the quotes I got from overseas are like nine cents a bolt. Yeah. The cheapest I'm getting over here is, the absolute cheapest is a quarter. So it's 3X.

A bolt, a bolt that goes on the thing. It's a quarter 20 stainless steel, one inch long bolt, the simplest mechanical object. I put out a tweet and said, I'm looking for an American manufacturer for this bolt. And the quotes I got from overseas are like nine cents a bolt. Yeah. The cheapest I'm getting over here is, the absolute cheapest is a quarter. So it's 3X.

A bolt, a bolt that goes on the thing. It's a quarter 20 stainless steel, one inch long bolt, the simplest mechanical object. I put out a tweet and said, I'm looking for an American manufacturer for this bolt. And the quotes I got from overseas are like nine cents a bolt. Yeah. The cheapest I'm getting over here is, the absolute cheapest is a quarter. So it's 3X.

But most people are coming in at 50 cents. And so as a businessman, John and I disagree on this. So John's the business guy, I'm the engineer.

But most people are coming in at 50 cents. And so as a businessman, John and I disagree on this. So John's the business guy, I'm the engineer.

But most people are coming in at 50 cents. And so as a businessman, John and I disagree on this. So John's the business guy, I'm the engineer.