I don’t see downsides of keeping skilled labour “hot”.
One indirect benefit of domestic manufacturing is that it gives blue collar workers a sense of productivity and involvement in society.
Idle hands are the Devil’s playthings, and a fairly compensated workforce is less likely to feel stagnant in their stage of life, and less likely to be radicalized.
Edit: it seems there is a distinction between how you keep the labour hot - meaningful long-term missions; or a half-assed approach.
One indirect benefit of domestic manufacturing is that it gives blue collar workers a sense of productivity and involvement in society.
Idle hands are the Devil’s playthings, and a fairly compensated workforce is less likely to feel stagnant in their stage of life, and less likely to be radicalized.
Edit: it seems there is a distinction between how you keep the labour hot - meaningful long-term missions; or a half-assed approach.