Posted on 03/05/2006 7:33:01 AM PST by SJackson
What about the deficit? What about Dingell-Norwood? [hoot]
Did he calculate that chart on a Dell?
Were you being facetious?
Yes. The $3 trillion we make is definitely something. It is larger than the GDP of every other nation except Japan.
We will but first you have to show some seriousness. The US has a solid manufacturing base just like it has a solid agricultural base. Big deal; kind of like the firemen that arrived in time to save the building's foundation base.
For hundreds of years farmers scorned factory workers because factories never made anything that could be 'eaten'. Now we have factory workers mocking engineers, inventors, and writers because some how service workers don't 'make' anything. In the 1800's my grandfather came to America to feed his family on a farm of his own. They starved until they moved to the city. We're now in an age where most of America has gotten a real job in the services and is making more money and getting richer than ever. The only people who aren't happy are the uninformed and the career complainers.
Maybe no one cares until it comes time to fight a war. Then you're probably better off if you have manufacturing capability. The more, the better. The higher tech, the better. Maintaining robust and advanced capabilities in military hardware and technology is not well-served by selling out domestic manufacturing infrastructure, or throwing away intellectual capital (such as is done by outsourcing R&D functions).
That's what I thought. Thanks for the post!!
For hundreds of years farmers scorned factory workers because factories never made anything that could be 'eaten'. Now we have factory workers mocking engineers, inventors, and writers because some how service workers don't 'make' anything. In the 1800's my grandfather came to America to feed his family on a farm of his own. They starved until they moved to the city. We're now in an age where most of America has gotten a real job in the services and is making more money and getting richer than ever. The only people who aren't happy are the uninformed and the career complainers.
Not sure what you meant by "getting serious." I'm of the exact mindset that you lay out above, just looking for validation for it.
Appreciate it!!
What kind of manufacturing infrastructure have we sold out? I can't really think of any that would be pivotal in case of a war. I would think that the capability to produce food would easily supercede that of say consumer goods, which as I see it is what we've primarily lost in manufacturing.
Besides, we are fighting a war. ??
Need more details to substantiate your point.
I'm a storage administrator in IT. And I am studying for a new career (actuary) because IT will be increasingly commoditized. Whether it goes to India or to high school graduates with a six month degree from a trade school (or both) is an open question. One thing is a fact: paying large numbers of highly paid college graduates to keep servers up and running is a huge cost that businesses will (rightly) do anything to avoid.
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