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To: rhombus

The chart reflects the growth of government but the other factor is labor saving productivity gains are much easier in manufacturing than the service type jobs that dominate the gov’t work force. It takes a lot less labor to produce a ton of steel than say in 1960. Also, given technology and trade patterns US manufacturing has shifted away from labor intensive industries, for example, textiles to more capital/technology intensive industries, say CPU chip manufacturing.


5 posted on 01/06/2010 10:24:13 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I believe this is just manufacturing jobs so service jobs are not factored in.


7 posted on 01/06/2010 10:29:34 AM PST by rhombus
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Chart needs to have a line for service jobs too. goods producing workers have switched to service jobs not so much to gov’t jobs.
8 posted on 01/06/2010 10:30:31 AM PST by dblshot (T.V. - Why do you think they call it programming?)
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