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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox
As rlcooper70 says, robots are doing more and more factory jobs so, with labor costs being the biggest reason why US products tend to cost more than those made overseas, you will soon be able to Buy American AND have fewer Americans employed in manufacturing.
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Too true. Add to that the COVID keeping people home and the torrent of money flowing out of Washington there is little incentive for Americans to go to work. The pressure to raise the minimum wage adds to the pressure to replace people with automation. America has morphed from a manufacturing country to a service one. Now that too is being automated. ATMs have long since replaced bank tellers. You place your restaurant order on your phone. I see a future where the "developed" countries only jobs are in the government, nobody else works but gets the dole, and everything is made by robots and computers or overseas.
Be glad you lived in the best years of America.