The document summarizes the negative economic impact of the United States outsourcing its manufacturing industry. It describes how when the US was a top manufacturer, it imported wealth from other countries in exchange for manufactured goods. This led to expanded middle class jobs, incomes, and public services. However, after outsourcing manufacturing, other countries now lead in achievements while the US struggles with high unemployment and declining wealth and communities. The document warns that no modern society has survived after losing its manufacturing base, and that without manufacturing, the US risks becoming a decaying third world society without real wealth production.