Oh, yeah, everything is just fine, truth_seeker. No sir, nothing wrong with the state of US manufacturing. Nothing to see here...
“Oh, yeah, everything is just fine, truth_seeker. No sir, nothing wrong with the state of US manufacturing. Nothing to see here...”
Manufacturing will go to low cost locations, where wages will be low, too. Is that the future you see for your America?
There are plenty of other functionss in the process of bring a product and/or service to the customer. Many of those are based on higher wages.
It comes down to competing with Indonesia and China for manufacturing jobs, or with Switzerland and Japan, for other management, service and administrative functions of company activity.
Ideally we could compete for all of the functions, but I don’t see that either.
For example in Europe many people speak two or more languages, not just one....upon which it is a point of pride for many Americans to not have to speak anything but English.
Math and science are not popular with many American students. The kids and parents, not the government, have agreed to ill prepare the person for a high paying career.
Americans have grown fat and happy with the status quo, complete with tatoos and rap music.
Our poor people are overweight and have cell phones, but no marketable job skills.