Even if he brings back a good degree of manufacturing with these moves, manufacturing has become so heavily automated that it will not be a significant enough source of jobs. All analysis shows this will contract the economy greatly with little upside.
The idea that manufacturing ever “left” is propaganda. Union factory jobs have gone down, but the US is producing more than ever. They just want to dangle the carrot of good jobs over people who don’t realize those jobs have been automated.
Have you ever actually worked in a factory? Things are way less automated than you would believe. I worked at a plastic injection molding company 5 years ago and we had exactly one press that would automatically apply stickers to the product once it came out, and it would break down constantly. Another factory i was hand sealing fiberglass sheets together for use in washing machines. Or when i worked at a tire factory, i was weighing out curing chemicals by hand into a scale, monitoring rubber coming out, and even handcutting rubber to recycle. The inly factories that have heavy automation are brand new, because management takes one look at the eyewatering price to repair automated equipment and find that it’s cheaper to oay someone $20/ hour to do it by hand.
Even if he brings back a good degree of manufacturing with these moves, manufacturing has become so heavily automated that it will not be a significant enough source of jobs. All analysis shows this will contract the economy greatly with little upside.
The idea that manufacturing ever “left” is propaganda. Union factory jobs have gone down, but the US is producing more than ever. They just want to dangle the carrot of good jobs over people who don’t realize those jobs have been automated.
https://www.macrotrends.net/2583/industrial-production-historical-chart
Have you ever actually worked in a factory? Things are way less automated than you would believe. I worked at a plastic injection molding company 5 years ago and we had exactly one press that would automatically apply stickers to the product once it came out, and it would break down constantly. Another factory i was hand sealing fiberglass sheets together for use in washing machines. Or when i worked at a tire factory, i was weighing out curing chemicals by hand into a scale, monitoring rubber coming out, and even handcutting rubber to recycle. The inly factories that have heavy automation are brand new, because management takes one look at the eyewatering price to repair automated equipment and find that it’s cheaper to oay someone $20/ hour to do it by hand.
I thought that was kind of his point. If we start bringing manufacturing back to America a large part of it will be brand new and thus automated.
Thanks for clarifying. I was implying that.