What these guys are talking about is "manufacturing jobs", not "manufacturing".
We have had a very high rate of productivity and it continues to grow.
America is the world's lowest cost producer of a vast quantity of goods.
One of the side effects of productivity improvement is that fewer people are needed to do a given amount of work at the same, or even lower cost.
Joe Piscapo is right IMO.
Joe made it clear that he’s happy about the spending bill and has faith in Obozo.
How does he get it??
Are you from Jersey?
I think he is right but there are a lot of people who are in denial they claim to be conservative but step forward in solidarity with liberalism in the name of faithless ideas “like job security” and collective bargaining (threatening). I believe we need even more automation, the idea that it costs jobs is crazy, it just changes the nature of the jobs and it also allows the standard of living to improve across the board. What is consistently ignored as the primary cause of the exporting of jobs and the decrease in manufacturing is the draconian taxation on corporations. the cost of training locals, language barriers, and lack of reliable local infrastructure makes moving operations overseas very expensive but it is a combination of taxation and pressure of organized labor that makes these expensive moves cost effective. mono dimensional protectionist attitudes will destroy our economy if they are let be implemented and reinforced as it seems the Obama Politburo seems intent to implementing.
[snip] said, the stimulus needed is to bring manufacturing back to America. [end]
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