Posted on 09/03/2019 9:24:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I think a lot of manufacturing will return to the us to save shipping costs and add goodwill, but it will be done mostly by robots, so it won’t really be much of a jobs issue.
“No Matter What Trump Does, Those Jobs Aren’t Coming Back from China”
...but if they do, Obama gets the credit for it.
Some will come back. Some will not. But, every job moved out of China makes it more difficult and expensive for China to pursue its aggressive posture against the United States.
Also, it is worth trying. MAGA!
Considering that China has been adopting a belligerent and hostile posture, ANYTHING which reduces their power to wage war against us, is a good thing.
This would also include terminating all student and H1B visas for Chinese.
Some of those jobs will come back, especially if younger generations get some real education into how economies flourish. Even those that don’t come back, if they went to Central American and Caribbean countries, it would be beneficial for stabilizing their economies. That would cut down the forces driving the invasion crisis.
The average wage for Americans is about $60,000 per year, many times more than China, India or Vietnam..
But these POS know that 60k isn’t the average wage for factory workers.
15 an hour is 30k a year or less.
They are also wrong about robotics not leading to more jobs.
What a piss poor article full of holes that even I CAN shoot into a million pieces.
They don’t deserve a space on this great board.
But it is good to know the lies that are being spouted.
Then again, some here just post articles like these because they have a hard on for Trump (in a bad way) but are too ####ing cowardly to come out and say it.
And that’s how we get sh.t articles like these :)
There are two issues here:
1) Is automation going to be a problem for the US? Will there be too few jobs for Americans as industry becomes increasingly modernized? I would say “yes”.
2) Should China be allowed to take advantage of us though unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, and currency manipulation? I would say “no”.
The two issues have no serious overlap. A mathematician would say that are “orthogonal”.
Maybe not, but it stops China from stealing our intellectual property and getting US dollars for products then using that money to undermine the USA. It also knocks them down as a financial competitor.
I find that articles like this one help stimulate the mind. We read through the article and assess the validity of the claims. That takes intelligence. That builds intelligence.
Everything serves a purpose, don’t you think ?
These jobs may not return to the US, but if they get transferred to another country, that is STILL a plus.
India or Thailand or Vietnam, still stems the flow of US dollars to fund the Chinese anti-US programs (primarily through North Korea), which is where a lot of the US cash is going, in subtle and sometimes not so subtle ways.
This game is being played on several different levels, one of which is by indirect support of various thorns like Hong Kong, firmly stabbing the Chinese under their tail.
China is and should be treated as an adversary. But an adversary with whom a deal is possible.
Just a little more on our terms this time.
As it stands now your car is 90% built by robots. That iconic image of mobs of guys with wrenches standing along Henry Ford’s assembly line just isn’t reality anymore.
Translation:
They aren't working in rice patties, eating the same thing every meal, and never leaving the region of the country their parents were born in.
-PJ
I heard that Black and Decker is building a factory in Texas to at least make Craftsman tools. Craftsman tools have been made in China and are Crap!
Shipping costs...it's the shipping costs from China.
I hope companies understand that the USA is leaving the Postal Union on 10/17/2019
Following the Trump letter to the Postal Union on 10/17/2018 giving a 1 year notice
That means that China will no longer have "developing nation" status for low cost postage to USA.
We really don’t need any more defeatists telling us what is possible and what isn’t. As I recall, most, if not all of what passes as the DC intelligentsia was pushing for Reagan to be diplomatic with the USSR, because the Soviets were there to stay and it was essential that we just find a way to get along. We all know how that turned out.
We should have 5, 10, 20, and 40 year plans on how to deal with China, and this should include ensuring US access to all precious metals we need, and a great strengthening of American production capacity.
I don't think so.
Someone has to build the robots and program the software. Based on the performance and durability of modern day electronics, the robots will have to be upgraded/replaced once a year. The software will undergo neverending revisions. Takes people to do that.
How much does the writer make per year?
If we pay our workers more, and prices go up, that's OK with me.
I'd rather pay more for goods and services that I want or need, if the quality products are made by USA workers.
Quality is the key, I will not pay more for inferior goods because of where they are made. Period.
Yeah but I know at this point who is posting it because they’re too cowardly to just come out and say they are against what Trump is doing.
sure it’s good to assess articles that bring up valid points posted by someone we know is at least open minded to what Trump is doing.
This example has neither valid points nor a FR thread poster that though over and over posts articles like this doesn’t have the balls to say straight out what he thinks.
Where I come from, that’s a called a p@ssy.
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