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Have manufacturing jobs have vanished to China, Mexico and South Korea?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Lang" data-source="post: 963610" data-attributes="member: 65699"><p>And thank God for that. This article disputes the common perception that America has fallen as a manufacturer, but no one has disputed the perception that Americans (or more aptly, people in general) are indolent, lazy, and find it easier to bemoan the loss of a cushy menial job than to actually pursue education and obtain a job where thought is required. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Insert TJR schtick here :bwahaha: )</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've seen other articles that assert that many American businesses which previously outsourced their manufacturing to China are bringing that manufacturing stateside. High transit costs, shoddy Chinese production quality, high turnaround time for product changes, & higher cost of materials play a part. With robotics & other technologies, as per the quoted article above, Americans can manufacture goods here in the US with better quality and comparable pricing to inferior Chinese goods.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wish we still made ample amounts of steel in the US though. Seeing the all-but-abandoned sprawling steel complex outside of Baltimore, MD is depressing. That place is getting so overgrown in areas that it looks like the history channel's show "Life after People". Better materials, better QA, better manufacturing techniques, and robotics should have us as the steel king. But there are certain reasons conspiring against that. First and foremost a big one, which shares much with the first letter of USA. :angry:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Lang, post: 963610, member: 65699"] And thank God for that. This article disputes the common perception that America has fallen as a manufacturer, but no one has disputed the perception that Americans (or more aptly, people in general) are indolent, lazy, and find it easier to bemoan the loss of a cushy menial job than to actually pursue education and obtain a job where thought is required. (Insert TJR schtick here :bwahaha: ) I've seen other articles that assert that many American businesses which previously outsourced their manufacturing to China are bringing that manufacturing stateside. High transit costs, shoddy Chinese production quality, high turnaround time for product changes, & higher cost of materials play a part. With robotics & other technologies, as per the quoted article above, Americans can manufacture goods here in the US with better quality and comparable pricing to inferior Chinese goods. I wish we still made ample amounts of steel in the US though. Seeing the all-but-abandoned sprawling steel complex outside of Baltimore, MD is depressing. That place is getting so overgrown in areas that it looks like the history channel's show "Life after People". Better materials, better QA, better manufacturing techniques, and robotics should have us as the steel king. But there are certain reasons conspiring against that. First and foremost a big one, which shares much with the first letter of USA. :angry: [/QUOTE]
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Have manufacturing jobs have vanished to China, Mexico and South Korea?
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