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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: 963616" data-attributes="member: 65699"><p>This is not a fact, the article does not say that we are "taking back" <em>any</em> manufacturing jobs. If anything, one could infer that we're going to continue loosing manufacturing jobs by this article.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The article <em>does not say that</em>. Firstly, the article says that we are <strong>ahead</strong> of Brazil. The also article says that if we chopped out everything from our economy except for our manufacturing capability, our economy would still pummel Brazil's, and be the 6th largest in the world. So if we were to strip our of our service-based companies (huge companies like UPS) and our retail businesses (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, & presumably Walmart), in essence tying our economic hands behind our backs, the US economy would still be in the top 10 of the world on manufacturing alone.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The article <strong>explicitly says</strong> that we make <em>more</em> now than we did in the 1970s.</p><p></p><p>Here's a quote:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Finally, you said this:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The article also does not say that. The article says that we were making at most 1 trillion in 1970, computed with year-2005 dollars.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree that organized labor is going to hold us back as it struggles for a reason to exist, fights to keep its political power, in a world that no longer needs them. I wonder what article you're reading though :grin: :haveabeer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Lang, post: 963616, member: 65699"] This is not a fact, the article does not say that we are "taking back" [i]any[/i] manufacturing jobs. If anything, one could infer that we're going to continue loosing manufacturing jobs by this article. The article [i]does not say that[/i]. Firstly, the article says that we are [b]ahead[/b] of Brazil. The also article says that if we chopped out everything from our economy except for our manufacturing capability, our economy would still pummel Brazil's, and be the 6th largest in the world. So if we were to strip our of our service-based companies (huge companies like UPS) and our retail businesses (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, & presumably Walmart), in essence tying our economic hands behind our backs, the US economy would still be in the top 10 of the world on manufacturing alone. The article [b]explicitly says[/b] that we make [i]more[/i] now than we did in the 1970s. Here's a quote: Finally, you said this: The article also does not say that. The article says that we were making at most 1 trillion in 1970, computed with year-2005 dollars. I agree that organized labor is going to hold us back as it struggles for a reason to exist, fights to keep its political power, in a world that no longer needs them. I wonder what article you're reading though :grin: :haveabeer: [/QUOTE]
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