Yellen: American Manufacturing Is a ‘Pipe Dream,’ May Not Be a ‘Desirable Goal’

[jbrownson0831]

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No one is disputing the fact that Nixon and Henry Kissinger were key in beginning of trade with the CCP.
Contrary to your statement about Americans refusal to work in assembly lines, you'll have to discuss that with the assembly worker presently working in Hyundai, KIA, Nissan and Toyota plants now in the U.S.
They seem to have adjusted well to their work environment and so will other American workers willing to work..

Excellent pay and benefits, self reliance....all the things dimtards hate.

 

[kyzr]

OK, here's my question: according to the BLS, in Feb 2025 the US had approx 482,000 job openings in manufacturing. Absorb that for a moment, do we need more job openings or more people to fill them? Specifically, US citizens.

Now, consider this:
A chart that went viral on multiple social media platforms over the weekend highlights this major tension when it comes to reshoring factory jobs: While Americans say they want more manufacturing back in the U.S., they do not personally believe they'd be better off working one of them.

The graphic, made by the Financial Times and based on a 2024 survey from the Cato Institute, shows that while 80% of Americans believe the country would be better off with more manufacturing jobs, just 25% believe they would individually be better off working in a factory.

"It's a result that holds across class, education, and racial lines," wrote Colin Grabow, associate director at Cato's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, when the survey came out. "The most enthusiastic group, those aged 18–29, still registered just 36% interest in manufacturing employment." So, WTF are we doing here?

We are giving too many entitlements to too many lazy people.
Medicaid exploded under Biden, increased 60%, including illegals in CA.
I imagine Welfare also increased.

So we need to make a "work requirement" to get people out of the wagon and to start pushing the wagon.

 

[Edgetho]

Leftists hate the working class. Anyone who says different is a lying sack of shit.

dimocrap scum HATE America and especially Americans.

Anybody that says different is a stupid *****.

 

[Independent thinker]

Janet Yellen: American Manufacturing Is a 'Pipe Dream,' May Not Be a 'Desirable Goal'

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blasted President Donald Trump, saying the return of American manufacturing is a "pipe dream."

www.breitbart.com

Janet Yellen: American Manufacturing Is a 'Pipe Dream,' May Not Be a 'Desirable Goal'

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen blasted President Donald Trump, saying the return of American manufacturing is a "pipe dream."

www.breitbart.com

These Democrats do not want the American working class to recover EVER. They want everyone on the Democrat welfare state plantation.

Don't worry Janet, it's only transitory!

 

[Correll]

For about a month.

Your negative opinion of American's young is just standard leftard knee jerk anti-Americanism.

 

[d0gbreath]

Your negative opinion of American's young is just standard leftard knee jerk anti-Americanism.

No, I actually worked on a factory floor a couple of times, long ago. Anything else that you can do will be better.

 

[Correll]

No, I actually worked on a factory floor a couple of times, long ago. Anything else that you can do will be better.

I look forward to America's young men proving you wrong.

 

[rightwinger]

I look forward to America's young men proving you wrong.

You mean working for low wages with no benefits?

 

[DonGlock26]

I look forward to America's young men proving you wrong.

Nothing makes a progressive sadder than American success.

 

[DonGlock26]

You mean working for low wages with no benefits?

That's a Biden part time job.

 

[j-mac]

And that is why it is a pipe dream. In addition…all the benefits, health insurance, pensions and union bargained pay rates are gone forever. Manufacturers aren’t going to bring them back and Republicans are anti-worker. Most of the work will be automated.

Your stance is polling at 21%…Nobody wants what you’re selling…

 

[struth]

Manufacturing began moving out 50 years ago.
Our economy adjusted. We now have 4 percent unemployment.

Americans are not going to leave their current jobs to work on an assembly line.

Kids don’t graduate hoping to work on an assembly line

I agree with your last point…but not everyone gets the jobs they want

As to your second point, people certainly might, depending on pay, but more over we have a labor participation rate of around 65 percent, so there are people not working that can

 

[Coyote]

Your stance is polling at 21%…Nobody wants what you’re selling…

I’m not selling anything. That’s the problem with you guys.

 

[j-mac]

I’m not selling anything. That’s the problem with you guys.

No, the problem is that you have no ideas, no leadership, no power, and no class….end of story.

 

[rightwinger]

but more over we have a labor participation rate of around 65 percent, so there are people not working that can

They are called Students and Retirees

• Retired individuals
• Students (unless working or job hunting)
• Stay-at-home parents
• People with disabilities who aren’t seeking work
• Anyone not actively looking for work (even if they want a job eventually)

 

[struth]

They are called Students and Retirees

Haha no. They aren’t all students and retirees they don’t make up 40 percent of the population

Moreover during the xiden regime we had a historic amount of prime aged males not working

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Manufacturing began moving out 50 years ago.
Our economy adjusted. We now have 4 percent unemployment.

Americans are not going to leave their current jobs to work on an assembly line.

Kids don’t graduate hoping to work on an assembly line

Kids need to change their way of thinking. They have to realize that not everyone is going to get a degree and a cush, high paying job while still in their 20's.

All this unemployed bureacrats can go to work in those plants.

 

[22lcidw]

No, I actually worked on a factory floor a couple of times, long ago. Anything else that you can do will be better.

I just looked at some mages of the Great Depression to remind me of how fortunate we are today. We need to try to get a few million or more manufacturing jobs to return here. And give us ways to provide for a lot of the things we need in case of a world crisis.

 

[Correll]

You mean working for low wages with no benefits?

YOur shit talk is dismissed. They are already doing that flipping burgers and delivering pizzas.

Manufacturing jobs will be a nice alternative for many of them, if we give them a chance.

 

[Correll]

Nothing makes a progressive sadder than American success.

As we are seeing everyday and I hope to see more and more in the near future.