Maybe We Should Prohibit the Wheel, Too

Here's a letter to the Washington Post:

Promising a "renaissance in American manufacturing," the Obama administration proposes "raising taxes on multinational corporations that Democrats accuse of shipping jobs overseas" ("New Democratic strategy for creating jobs focuses on a boost in manufacturing," August 4).

Never mind that until the current downturn U.S. manufacturing output was at an all-time high and still growing.  Even now it remains the largest in the world.  The lie of U.S...