There is no unemployment problem. Producing floodlight is not high paying job. If things become more expensive, more people will fall out of the middle class because they will no longer be able to afford what they previously could.
There is an enormous problem with sub-employment. Scores of Americans "employed" in activities such as Uber/Lyft driving, food delivery and quasi-prostitution (OnlyFans and adjacent).
Floodlight making would be a huge step up for Americans leaving small towns for terrible jobs in big cities.
Check the problem with drug addiction in small and medium cities.
