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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by Animats on Saturday January 11, 2020 @12:58PM (#22021258)
Close. About 1.4% for farming and under 13% for all other tangible goods.[1]

Take a close look at that table. It's really important. Growth areas: Health care and social assistance, educational services, leisure and hospitality, and construction.

[1] https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/employment-by-major-industry-...

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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by sb057 on Saturday January 11, 2020 @01:32PM (#22021456)
Bear in mind that the United States manufactures a fraction of the manufactured goods it consumes.
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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by qntty on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:51PM (#22049111)
"During 2016, the U.S. exported $1,051 billion in manufactured goods and imported $1,920 billion, a manufacturing goods deficit of $868 billion."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_St...

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