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To: central_va

At 1/100th the employment that it had its peak.

Manufacturing companies are investing heavily in automation and robots. No way are they going to pay for 100 people to build 1 car, when robots can do all the work with 1 person pushing a button.


157 posted on 11/29/2016 10:32:25 AM PST by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: MadIsh32

As long as the factory is in the USA I am good with automation. For most manufactured goods labor is a small cost anyway. For cars it is less that 8% of the retail sticker price and that is for union labor.


159 posted on 11/29/2016 10:36:51 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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