Automation is inevitable but at least they are our robots
And what about the people who build the automation? Is CNN counting those?
Perhaps the mainstream media could just forget about publishing any new articles for the next several years, substituting instead the banner headline WE HATE TRUMP with random curse words where a “news story” might otherwise have appeared.
Automation requires support workers at an even higher skill and pay level. Sure not as many but every job saved in the USA is a job saved in the USA. Every industry is investing in automation, but as one who earned a living in that field for many years, I can tell you it’s not only, or often even primariy because of cost. The main reason is QUALITY. There is virtually no way to build products with manual assembly and achieve six sigma level quality, and that’s just the entry threshold for today’s expectations, at 3.4 defects per million. Automotive companies and others are pushing for 7+ sigma DPM levels, and you cannot achieve them without automation. The same is true across many industries.
That said, I’ll be the first to say that Trump and Pence accomplished something that was partially symbolic and the real work lies ahead. By giving companies some constraints on outsourcing while at the same time improving the US business climate through reduced taxation and federal regulations, the feds will at least be doing their part to encourage the reshoring and expansion of manufacturing in the US.
After that it will be up to individual states to compete for those opportunities, and as BCG has been saying for several years it will be the right-to-work states with the most attractive business climates that will benefit first and more often. A part of that climate will doubtless be intentives at the state level like Mike Pence gave Carrier. Nothing new, but also nothing really sustainable in that. But as long as one state does it, the others feel they must follow suit.
If we did away with all the machines there would be more jobs...of course many of them would be hand sewing clothing and standing behind a plow...and people would live lives of poverty and hardship.
Perhaps its better to continue the work of the Industrial revolution and allow people to rise to the challenges as they have done throughout history. I applaud Carrier for pursuing a business model that will allow then to remain in America, with American workers, and keep pricing in line so Americans can buy air-conditioners. If the business improves productivity they can expand and keep those workers overseeing, repairing and directing those machines and much more.
A lot of summer jobs and entry jobs will be replaced because of the PC crowd and their minimum wage idiotics.
It makes no sense not to automate where feasible, but industrial grade equipment requires a LOT of upkeep and can tolerate very little variability.
The reason you keep warm bodies around is to “manage” problems you can’t eliminate or “engineer” your way out of.
The Liberal answer is to put a huge tax on each robot.
Ah, they’re still pissing in the cornflakes over this, I see. Just got to drag it down, can’t have domestic, private sector jobs saved, that goes against the mantra of both Democrats and establishment Republicans.
Of course automation will happen eventually but the point is those jobs have been saved. CNN(fake news site) is turning this into a negative, which its not.
THAT’S IT TRUMP IS FINISHED!!!
Is it too early to call this “The Failed Trump Administraton”?
800 jobs saved and the union is bitching. Communism at it’s finest. Everyone gets a job or no one gets a job.
Schadenboner. An extreme degree of pleasure from the misfortune of Never Trump A$$holes whining, crying and moaning after Trump’s victory..
They want him to fail even if it means loss of American jobs and morale. CNN/s role is to push the lie that nothing a conservative does will make things better.
CNN brings out the microscope for Republicans... while never looking closely at ObamaCare, Obama or his faults. No, it's FAKE NEWS ALL THE WAY. FAKE GOOD FOR DEMOCRATS... FAKE ALWAYS DEMORALIZING FOR REPUBLICANS.
CNN fakes to discourage the American people, the Stock Market and any feelings of hope citizens might have that the country can get back on the right track... and they wonder why people don't trust the press?
They’ll need American maintenance crews.
Rosy the robot diodes light up.
Lol,
Trump to announce 25% tarrif on goods produced by companies who choose to automate and thereby reduce US jobs. They can automate if they want to, but there will be consequences.
That’s what they will be using the tax breaks for.
Robots don’t maintain themselves and they don’t program themselves...