Communism is NOT my solution.

VOCATIONAL high schools would be ONE step forward.

The latest idea for the young generation is Micro-retirement.
It's the greatest idea to prevent yourself from getting ahead but great for a work life balance, non-go-getter.

Wrong, imho. Free market? The US can't compete globally in a free market. Let the buyer beware. Zero regulations. Open doors policy for goods and services
What about a fair market. Or, is Monopoly the name of the game?

You still didn't specify what you think is a "fair share". I'll wait.....

You can open 1000 new medical schools, but that doesn't mean you will have enough qualified students. More doctors might be needed, but only if they are qualified.

The next problem would be to get them to the areas that have a shortage. Should that be done by force?

Sorry, but this is not accurate. Over-regulation is what caused the problem. Including, but not limited to the ACA, which has proved to be anything but affordable.

( note; communism in the animal word is like an ant colony. Each taking only what it needs and selflessly working for the good of the colony)
So-called communist governmets are actually fascist/dictatorships. Like China, North Korea, Russia. The old Soviet "Socialist" Repulic, wasn't real Sociaism. It wasn't about the society (the people). It was about the Government Entity. The "Corporation", in a sense. The strive for the Monopoly, to be the puppet master.

Please don't forget the church's. Lots of easy money to be found there. Ask Joel O.

Medicare (the Government) is one of, if not THE largest, "massive takeovers" of the Medical industry...

Getting back to the main topic.......

I don't think we necessarily do want low more paying jobs manufacturing commodity products. We just want to reduce the trade deficit. That means we want to export as much or more stuff than we import. It really hard to reduce the trade deficit selling tee shirts.

I think reducing imports by making more things for internal consumption that you aren't all that good at making is another hard way to reduce the trade deficit. I think the best way to reduce the trade deficit is to make and sell more things we are good at, ideally high ticket items. That means we should sell more Aircraft, Machinery, Drugs, Medical equipment, Construction equipment. Power Plants, Semiconductor processing equipment, software. I don't know the whole list of markets we can compete well in right now, but its long. Protectionist policies aren't the answer. They just trigger reciprocal tariffs that prevent us from selling what we are good at.

That does not make sense. We buy more from other countries because we can afford it. They buy less because they cannot. What would we make that a poor country would want to buy that would be even worth making? Technically, the only thing they would really want is food from our farms that they couldn't grow themselves or that they needed more of to meet the demands that country has.

(Psst. Medicare isn't takeover of the medical industry. It is insurance regulated so we, the American people, have access to health care. It is a good thing, actually. Thought you'd like to know. )

Quote "over-regulation caused the problem". First we need to agree on WHAT problem we are talking about? I was talking about the problem of Doctors losing their status of being in charge of medicine in the US (which is probably NOT happening in other countries). I don't believe that over- regulation or even under-regulation played ANY PART. Doctors got their profession taken over by large corporations of PRIVATE INSURERS like Medicare Advantage. Some Doctors did stay independent, but many joined conglomerates. Many people in their 60s that are NOT Medicare eligible have used ACA successfully.

I agree with this post. Especially the last summary sentence.