[camas]

shuttered factories: i have an old binder which took 2 people to run plus 1 or 2 people to stack up the bundles. them the thresher would come in with its crew of 10 to 12 and make a big straw pile and some grain. now all of these jobs have been LOST to one person and one combine.

something to think about.

[Middle Man]

"now all of these jobs have been LOST to one person and one combine."
"Something to think about."

Innovation and retooling are great. But we are demonstrably turning from a manufacturing to a "service" economy. Government is the biggest employer in the U.S. now. How much useful work do you think is being done by bureaucrats?

All this means is that we are consuming more than we produce. We will not be a 'player' in this brave new global economy if we quit producing tangible, real goods altogether.