[riverdawg]

The problem is that many of “our lower classes” don't have the skills and work ethic to warrant $15/hour, much less a “well-paying” job. If it takes $50/hour to hire a drug-free, literate production worker to install windshields on an auto assembly line, then management will buy and use a robot to do the job. That choice has nothing to do with offshoring.

[central_va]

worker to install windshields on an auto assembly line, then management will buy and use a robot to do the job.

I am not a Luddite; so that is fine as long as the factory is in the USA. There is still an economic stimulus of just having the factory here. It is good for national security and generally creates wealth.