When was U.S. MANUFACTURING at its PEAK?

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7 years ago 01/23/2017 9:05pm EST

re: 554

554 wrote:
You a Lie wrote:
Manufacturing requires high paid skilled machinists, welders, technicians, pipe-fitters, carpenters, engineers, accountants, managers etc.
Umm dude "manufacturing" requires making stuff. That's all.
I think the whole point is that to an increasing degree making stuff requires fewer people.
Analogy with agriculture ("growing stuff"): we're growing tons of food but fewer and fewer people are involved. Things change.

That's a farce. Low Paid Assembly of Pre-Made Parts plants are the same as Fast Food Restaurants. No skill, No high pay, No Degreed Engineers. Cheap.

7 years ago 01/23/2017 9:13pm EST

re: Cheap

The peak was reached when they were turning all the Bison into jerky, buffalo robes and bone meal in order to kill off the Natives.

7 years ago 01/23/2017 9:37pm EST

re: Far Out West

Far Out West wrote:
So the slogan is "Make America Great Again", right? So my question to them is when was America great by their standards? If it was indeed the 1950's, which one could make a case for, the top federal tax rate was over 90%. I doubt that would qualify as "great" by the current regime.

Move along, there's nothing to see here.

7 years ago 01/23/2017 10:03pm EST

re: Subway Surfers Addiction

The facts are in the US only 10% of the workforce are manufacturing jobs.

The decline in manufacturing jobs has been happening for years based on manufacturing efficiences and robotic implementation.

Remember 10%, maybe we are focusing on a dead on arrival concept of growing manufacturing.

BTW , TPP was a trade proposal and not in effect as some think, it's been dead on the senate floor for months. Not sure why all the chest beating for something that has zero impact.

7 years ago 01/24/2017 5:15pm EST

re: 10% is the number

10% is the number wrote:
The facts are in the US only 10% of the workforce are manufacturing jobs.
The decline in manufacturing jobs has been happening for years based on manufacturing efficiences and robotic implementation.
Remember 10%, maybe we are focusing on a dead on arrival concept of growing manufacturing.

Why does it have to be 10%? Almost 20% of workers in Germany are in manufacturing. It's about 17% in Japan. Those countries are among the most technologically advanced in the world, and they run trade surplus, not deficit.

7 years ago 01/24/2017 6:40pm EST

re: Make America Great Again

Manufacturing statistics have nothing to do with the quality of life in the US, but sadly, they used to mean quite a bit.

Nor do manufacturing numbers account for the fact the US has grown some 100 million people in 50 years.

7 years ago 01/24/2017 6:54pm EST

re: dsrunner

dsrunner wrote:
Manufacturing statistics have nothing to do with the quality of life in the US, but sadly, they used to mean quite a bit.
Nor do manufacturing numbers account for the fact the US has grown some 100 million people in 50 years.

Both true points.

I don't see how they undercut the OP, though.

7 years ago 01/25/2017 12:43pm EST

re: dsrunner

dsrunner wrote:
Manufacturing statistics have nothing to do with the quality of life in the US, but sadly, they used to mean quite a bit.
Nor do manufacturing numbers account for the fact the US has grown some 100 million people in 50 years.

Manufacturing provides some of the highest paying jobs to blue collar workers. If you don't have a college degree, what other jobs provide better income?

Heartless elites like yourself focus on numbers, but our president understands the pain of hard working Americans.

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