[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by jimhoward

There was a recent survey that went viral which asked:

Would America be better off if more people worked in factories? To which 80% said yes.

Then it asked. Would you be better off working in a factory? To which 25% said yes.

There are something like 500,000 open manufacturing jobs in the US right now.

I love manufacturing. The problems are interesting, it requires excellence in every aspect of business, including engineering, quality, facilities, marketing, finance, IT, human resources. It takes entrepreneurialism, capital and labor.

But, I think there are a lot more people in this country that want the US to increase domestic manufacturing than that want to manufacturer things themselves. People want to buy US made products, they don't want to themselves make products. A generalization I realize.

A factor to consider is that in the near future much of the MUNDANE manufacturing will be done by robotics. More products made by fewer people.