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<blockquote data-quote="VWBobby" data-source="post: 7125789" data-attributes="member: 624844">If it isn&#039;t automation, then why did you just admit: &quot;but there is a plus side to automation... cheaper products. Automation, for the most part, removes relatively low paid, low skilled, repetitive jobs. &quot;?&nbsp; &nbsp; We also don&#039;t have a healthy economy as evidenced by this.&nbsp;&nbsp; We need all those low pay, low skill jobs because there isn&#039;t enough Other jobs to go around.When people are paying $500 for a 50&quot; TV manufactured in China, how many US jobs provided that TV?&nbsp; Only the middle men that helped it journey from the shipping dock to your doorstep.&nbsp; If you bought it retail, hey, you just helped somebody like me stay in business for another day. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif&nbsp;&nbsp; The only way US workers make money off imported crap, DIRECTLY, is by shipping and selling.&nbsp; No manufacturing, virtually no retail sales except in heavily populated areas, etc.If you don&#039;t see it, either you&#039;re ignoring it, or you haven&#039;t worked in the industry very long.Now, replace that TV example with any electronic, or other hard goods.&nbsp; Even most car parts, household item, etc is manufactured overseas.&nbsp;&nbsp; What are we supposed to become?&nbsp; A nation of importers, shippers, and salesmen??&nbsp; There isn&#039;t enough jobs to go around. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif&nbsp; If nobody is manufacturing in the US, then we have become a Service Nation.&nbsp;&nbsp; Think about it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VWBobby, post: 7125789, member: 624844"] If it isn't automation, then why did you just admit: "but there is a plus side to automation... cheaper products. Automation, for the most part, removes relatively low paid, low skilled, repetitive jobs. "? We also don't have a healthy economy as evidenced by this. We need all those low pay, low skill jobs because there isn't enough Other jobs to go around. When people are paying $500 for a 50" TV manufactured in China, how many US jobs provided that TV? Only the middle men that helped it journey from the shipping dock to your doorstep. If you bought it retail, hey, you just helped somebody like me stay in business for another day. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] The only way US workers make money off imported crap, DIRECTLY, is by shipping and selling. No manufacturing, virtually no retail sales except in heavily populated areas, etc. If you don't see it, either you're ignoring it, or you haven't worked in the industry very long. Now, replace that TV example with any electronic, or other hard goods. Even most car parts, household item, etc is manufactured overseas. What are we supposed to become? A nation of importers, shippers, and salesmen?? There isn't enough jobs to go around. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] If nobody is manufacturing in the US, then we have become a Service Nation. Think about it. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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