The latest U.S. jobs report served as a wake-up call about the economy’s fragility: we added just 22,000 jobs last month, less than a third of what economists had projected, and unemployment reached its highest rate since 2021. This outlook lies in contrast to Washington’s persistent push to lead in AI and tech innovation. The disconnect is glaring: we praise domestic AI ambitions while companies accelerate the exporting of the very work that should build it here.

We’ve put tariffs and tax credits behind factory jobs, but let high-skill tech jobs quietly slip overseas — undermining the AI ambitions that Washington champions. Domestic tech jobs drive wages, strengthen national security and fuel AI innovation. If the United States is serious about its economic and tech future, it needs to r

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