The Cincinnati Enquirer: on Jobs

JD Vance: Put more people to work by rebuilding our industrial base

"Hillbilly Elegy" describes the impact of globalization on Cincinnati, where many of the once-plentiful steel and other factory jobs had moved offshore and left a community struggling economically and with substance abuse issues. "I think the most important lesson is that America is like a house, and the foundation of that house is our own people and our own manufacturing base; we've allowed that industrial base to atrophy," Vance said. "Until that foundation is repaired, I don't want to hear about us being the policeman of the world."

That means "putting more people to work, rebuilding our industrial base, building more stuff, producing more of the things we can rely on--is a better use of American dollars."