Illya. K. Makrus
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This is an area where I don't quite understand, so I didn't mention it in the list.Agree, that is one area where Trump's promises were pie in the sky - those jobs won't come back, and what little might come back won't be anywhere near the numbers needed due to automation.
But it's not entirely fair to say what I bolded. Manufacturing jobs were skilled labor - it just didn't need a college degree. It payed well and it could support a family. They aren't stupid - they are desperate. You can't raise a family on a McD's job. What Trump should do is work with the states on figuring out what sorts of new jobs they could attract, and train the workforce for those jobs. It's the same problem we have in my state only the mantra is the War Against Coal. We're a state with a heavy reliance on the energy industry and coal in particular provides very well paying jobs with out needing a college degree. That's just not going to come back the way it was. It's a finite resource, and while environmental regulations have taken some toll, a lot of it is also effected by the production of cheaper and cleaner natural gas. In addition, a lot of the coal that remains is harder to extract, more expensive, and the extraction is more environmentally damaging. So Trump is promising to bring it all back instead of talking about diversifying the industries in those areas, attracting new jobs, retraining the workforce. In all those areas Clinton's ideas were way ahead of Trumps but they were drowned out in the "War Against Coal" shouting.
Here's my question though: when Ford moves its factories to Mexico, tens of thousands of people lose their jobs. Do you think it is inevitable?