[Texasforever]

You want to bring back manufacturing jobs? It is simple, get rid of all computer operated machinery so that manual skill is required. It is that simple. Automation did away with killed labor and made it possible for a high wage union worker to be replaced by a cheaper non-skilled offshore worker. If you want to keep programming jobs then do away with the communications infrastructure that allows a programmer in India to work for Microsoft. See how easy it is?

[agitator]

Argue with Phyllis Schlafly, not me. Be sure to keep an eye on your rear end, heels hurt.

[Poohbah]

You want to bring back manufacturing jobs? It is simple, get rid of all computer operated machinery so that manual skill is required.

No, actually, you want to engage in another world war that wrecks most of the manufacturing infrastructure outside the United States.

The prosperity enjoyed by American manufacturing from 1945-1975 was an anomaly brought about by the loss of plant capacity in Europe and the Far East during World War II.