okay. I thought it was insightful enough. I've worked in many economic unions where that mismatch existed and needed further investigation to steer organizations towards the desired outcome.

pointing out that the current efforts don't do that is all that needed to be said. your criticism of that comment, to me, proved that you understood the comment enough that one needs to look further into the motivations.

I've noticed that a lot of the "die-hard MAGA" discourse around tariffs has been "we need to do this within the US and if we can't, we simply don't need to do it at all".

I'm not suggesting that you're one of those types, but it reminded me of that ludicrous line of reasoning.

Understanding that the mismatch exists, why it exists and what can be done to steer things in the desired direction is something I can get behind though!