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Originally Posted by Robbie
That short term fix of a decade or so is the difference in a man feeding his family and raising his children.
Also...my thinking is: what is the logic of the Federal Govt. having trade, tax, and regulations policy's that FORCE companys to leave the U.S. with those same jobs?
Just think of all the people who have lost their jobs since the 1990's?
MILLIONS. That's over 20 years of jobs that those people could have had.
The doom and gloom scenario of everybody losing their jobs to automation is only part of the big picture.
The crooked politicians and bureaucrats in Washington D.C. cut those deals that sent actual HUMAN jobs overseas, to enrich THEMSELVES.
Ever notice how the lifetime career/bureaucrat's jobs never get "automated" or outsourced. lol
There is a reason that bureaucrats in Washington D.C. somehow get filthy rich...even though their salaries don't reflect it.
I'm tired of listening to the "experts".
I'm old enough to have agreed with Ross Perot when he said NAFTA would cause a "giant sucking sound" of our jobs leaving the country.
He was 100% right.
And all the politicians and "experts" KNEW that. But they lied to all of us to enrich themselves and their cronies who funnel money to them.
I say this: We've been lied to for decades now. And every new trade deal (like NAFTA for instance) was supposed to make things "better" for all of us. Remember?
Except it never does.
And the anti-Trump people seem to be arguing in favor of continuing to do the same old thing.
Isn't that the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?
I believe it's time for a change. And I think that Trump is correct.
I know that many of you don't think so. And I know we are all just talking on a porn forum so it doesn't matter.
But I am optimistic about the future. I only hope that Trump can navigate all the political land mines that the Democrats and Republican establishment have laid out to stop him.
They are scared to death to lose their gravy train.
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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. We fight to just hang on for a little while longer. In the face of our future, I think that is flawed logic.
I think we need to embrace the future and understand what automation is going to do to our society. We are on the precipice of having a society where all menial labor and low-paying jobs are done through automation. It's not too far off that we will have a society where there simply may not be enough jobs for everyone who wants a job. To me, the way to go is to not fight these fights with tariffs and taxes and trade deals, but to look forward and try to determine what skills will be in demand once automation takes hold. We should be focusing on helping people get the training and knowledge they will need to in order to have one of those jobs.
I understand when you are out of work and need money the idea of a good paying job you can get with little or no education or experience is very inviting. I have been there myself and had those jobs. I just think those jobs are on the endangered species list and it is time for us to look forward and determine how we are going to deal with that future when it happens as opposed to trying to bring back yesterday and trying to make things as they once were.