Are More Jobs in America better? Type? Number?

Would you say that it matters in general what type of jobs are in America? Would we be better off as a nation if we discouraged sending jobs abroad, regardless of type, and encouraged jobs here? Or do you think we should only encourage certain types of jobs? Should we be less concerned about certain jobs going abroad?

Just curious how people via factory/industrial vs service and so on.


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blackjack50 said:

Would you say that it matters in general what type of jobs are in America? Would we be better off as a nation if we discouraged sending jobs abroad, regardless of type, and encouraged jobs here? Or do you think we should only encourage certain types of jobs? Should we be less concerned about certain jobs going abroad?

Just curious how people via factory/industrial vs service and so on.


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I'd argue it's more important to keep lower/middle class jobs in the country. If you have factories for instance, the whole town will flourish around the factories (look at Detroit before/after).

blackjack50 said:

Would you say that it matters in general what type of jobs are in America? Would we be better off as a nation if we discouraged sending jobs abroad, regardless of type, and encouraged jobs here? Or do you think we should only encourage certain types of jobs? Should we be less concerned about certain jobs going abroad?

Just curious how people via factory/industrial vs service and so on.


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Problem is simple. People are use to a certain level of living standard. But to maintain that living standard you need to have lower prices for goods and that can only happen if those that make the goods we want, are paid less than they are in US/Europe.

So how can you say make an t-shirt in the US where wages are so much higher than elsewhere (relatively speaking) and keep it at its low price? It is impossible. So it is a choice between price for the consumer or that someone has a job...

Example. The iPhone. to make that in America, the price would have to go up by at least 30 dollars if not 100 depending on how much needs to be made in the US.

https://9to5mac.com/2016/06/13/iphone-made-in-usa-cost/

So instead of costing 649 dollars, the iPhone will cost 749 if made fully in the US. Not like Apple will lower their 40% profit margin on it.. so, are you willing to pay that? Now the iPhone is already a massively overpriced expensive product, so it is not the best of examples... but the idea is there. Oh and this cant happen overnight, since there are no factories and skilled labour to do the job in the US.

The question you have to ask yourself... are you willing to pay considerably more for tech, cloths and other goods if they are made in the US? Most Americans would say.. hell no, not in the long run, as it would mean less stuff to buy.

blackjack50 said:

Should we be less concerned about certain jobs going abroad?

Just curious how people via factory/industrial vs service and so on.

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Yes, this is something that has bothered me a lot during this election cycle. This notion that we need manufacturing jobs for some reason. Who gives a **** what type of jobs we create so long as they pay well, don't kill our workers, or destroy our environment. We shouldn't want an economy that is based so heavily on manufacturing because it leaves you susceptible ot the the whims of ****ty people who can pack up your job and take it anywhere they want as soon as somebody gives them a better deal. The goal should be to create jobs that can't be outsourced and make sure they pay decently. Let China and Mexico manufacture everything for now. In twenty years all those jobs will be replaced by robots anyway and then Mexico and China will be stuck in the same ****ty situation that Detroit and Cleveland are in.

If you want a good economy that's built for the future look at silicon valley, Seattle, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, New York..... We need diverse economies with jobs that require real talent. We need to make sure our education system is on par with the best in the world and we need to create environments where the best brightest and most intelligent people want to live.