[sickoflibs]

RE :”Jesse Jackson, Jr. blames the iPad for ‘eliminating thousands of American jobs’ Daniel Keylin - The Daily Caller 41 mins ago . On Friday, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) took the House floor and lambasted Apple’s iPad, saying the tablet was “probably responsible for eliminating thousands of American jobs.” Jackson expressed general outrage over the potential of a paperless society that the iPad threatens to create. “What becomes of publishing companies and publishing company jobs? What becomes of bookstores and libraries, and all of the jobs associated with paper? Well, in the not-too-distant future, such jobs simply won’t exist,” he said. ‘

Jesse has a point and misses it too. Yes, time advancing with an endless replacement of low skilled labor presents a problem, but trying to force a stand-still wont work either. I thought he was a 'progressive' anyway.

I used a similar example of automated checkers in many stores in union Maryland as an example of how Trump is playing his audience for suckers complaining about telephone (service/technical)operators in India stealing our high paying jobs. Many US companies replaced human operators with those terrible automated voice pattern recognition software programs that give you 100 options, none of which you need. But Trump works up his chumps in anger over Indians getting these jobs instead of machines.

I will give Jesse some credit I wont give Trump. Jesse at least doesn't hide that he is a socialist.

I still remember Micheal Savage saying that the US government letting us buy Japanese cars was a US National Security vunerability, that is when I tuned him out.

[OldDeckHand]

Automation has replaced (or displaced) FAR MORE American workers than foreign labor ever will. That’s just the reality of technology.

[latina4dubya]

Well, in the not-too-distant future, such jobs simply won’t exist,” he said.

this has always been the case with advancing technology and new inventions... but it's always been the case that other "new types" of jobs come along... that's progress... my sister was lamenting not too long ago about how awful it is that bookstores were closing down (Borders filing bankruptcy)... she was going on and on about how this means people are not reading... it doesn't mean that at all... there are other ways to buy books... i buy almost all of our books online... cheaper... easier... and lately, i've been taking out more library books (some online, too) because money is tighter now than before...

[Impy]

I don’t know if you’re even reading the site during your hiatus Bill but if you are you have some serious willpower!

[Impy]

Lots of neo-luddite lunatic stuff is cropping up in the “progressive” movement. “Socialist”, “fascist” or “retarded” are really the only words that accurately describe them. Based on dictionary definitions they are neither “progressive” nor “liberal”.

Look at their deep hatred of GM crops.

I love seeing Jack@ss Jr. talk out of both sides of his mouth.

Ipads “kill jobs” and are thus evil, but he owns one, and he wants the government to buy every kid in America one! What a clown.

BTW Jess I don’t have one. If you want to cleanse your soul you can mail yours to me.

[GOPJ]

“What becomes of publishing companies and publishing company jobs? What becomes of bookstores and libraries, and all of the jobs associated with paper? Well, in the not-too-distant future, such jobs simply won’t exist,” he said.

If we allow FORD, what will happen to the blacksmiths, the buggy makers and the whip manufactures? All those jobs - GONE. Stop progress - march backwards with flags flying high. Join Jesse and the 'stupid' party...

[Marine_Uncle]

Trump is sucking them in from all corners.