How come all this displaced workers didn't retrain and become software engineers or neuro surgeons? /sarc
I’m not a big fan of tariffs and protectionism, as approaches to sound economic policy. I worked for BMW North America for a decade, and believe me, I never had it so good from salary, to paid time off, to benefits as when I worked for them.
Our bread can be buttered on both sides.
Maytag had really outgrown Newton. The successful kids moved away after college, not wanting to follow in mom and dad’s factory footsteps, and for far too many of the kids that stayed, methamphetamine and marijuana were their favorite M&M’s, with damned few who could pass a drug test, much less be hired into a manufacturing plant.