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Originally posted by LubeMaster77
Mfg does provide jobs - the majority are the line workers at $8 to $15 and hour. The low wage that is filled by eager Americans? Nope. Enter Asians and Latinos. Even if we had the jobs, Americans wouldn't take them. They are there - I see it every time I go to a factory.
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$8 - $15 per hour....you must visit a lot of non-union shops. I think the Asia/India mfg growth will be the end of the union in the automotive manufacturing sector. The reason behind it isn't going to be that unions are bad or screw the company, it's because Japan has come here. They've come here and done it without unions. They pay their workers a good wage for the region, the plant environment is a good place to work, and there doesn't appear to be any need for a union in these plants.
So, what will it do to people who aren't affected directly by manufacturing....i dunno. I'm not an economics expert, but it can't be good for inflation. If there are overseas issues, and we aren't making the products, it's going to cost more to get them here. Look at gas prices. They jumped up a whole bunch. They later came down to the low-to-mid $2 range, and not too many people complain anymore. If they jumped up to that 3 years ago, there would be a lot of complaints. I'm guessing it will increase costs for the general consumer. India and China will become more industrialized, and then will begin to grow their own consumer base at a very fast rate.