Too late. Most machine shop equipment is made in Japan and other Asian countries.
But many of the people in America operating those new computer controlled 5 axis mills are immigrants from Mexico.
The shop owner programs the machine and the operator feeds and lubes it for hour after hour.
It's boring, tedious, dirty work that you don't want your children to do all their lives, but which immigrants take great pride in being allowed to do.
So why not let law abiding guest workers do the work?
Why are you so hot to reward illegal aliens at their expense?
Americans also don't want to do the high tect IT jobs, bring in more and more professional IT workers on H-1B/L-1 visas(companies are doing it right now, and make these workers work 12-14 hours/day, six days/week, and $25,000/year) I think the companies pay these professional guest IT workers according to what they deserve.
"The shop owner programs the machine and the operator feeds and lubes it for hour after hour.
It's boring, tedious, dirty work that you don't want your children to do all their lives, but which immigrants take great pride in being allowed to do."
You are making my point. Thanks for the help!
If this owner had to pay a decent wage for his menial labor, he would entertain the prospect of buying a somewhat more expensive machine from ME, an American manufacturer of high tech, which allows him to employ less unskilled workers, but more SKILLED workers instead, increasing his productivity.
With the new high tech machines, he doesnt want or need unskilled people who dont speak the language, he wants people with a basic education who can at a minimum read and understand English directions, most likely program the machines themselves.
Then, the owner concentrates on doing things to market and grow his or her business.
Come on Rod, you forgot to mention how they move on to owning and operating those shops.
Are you saying American citizens don't want to work their way up and own a lucrative franchise?