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Originally Posted by kane
I'm not arguing to continue doing the same old thing. To me fighting to create manufacturing jobs that are just going to be replaced by robots in the near future is, in a way, doing the same old thing..
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How is it the "same old thing"???
The Federal Govt. has been helping to ship those jobs overseas through policy, taxes, and regulations and trade deals for almost 30 years now.
Bringing them back would be "new".
As for being replaced by robots...again, I've heard that my entire life. And it's been the line we've been fed ever since NAFTA.
And yet...somehow...those jobs are STILL being done by humans 30 years later. Only it's not Americans doing it anymore.
Think about that a second.
And yeah, I know...technology has advanced. Same thing they said in 1990 as well.
Technology ALWAYS advances. And automation is always happening.
Doesn't mean we can't bring back millions of jobs that are still being done by human beings.
What you're saying is kind of like: "Well, we're all gonna die someday...so no use waiting around for it...might as well commit suicide"
And that's what the Federal Govt. trade deals, tax laws, and regulations over the last few decades have amounted to: The country killing itself.
It's senseless to me.