Obama Promises To Stop America's Shitty Jobs From Going Overseas
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Nice video on the state of US Manufacturing and the failure of the US to adapt to the changing nature of work in this industry.
HT: Carpe Diem....A nice, short video on the changing face of American manufacturing. The popular focus from the media and politicians is the off-shoring of jobs to foreign destinations. True that. However, the elephant in the room of modern day manufacturing is the way work is done in today's factories in the US--it is high tech and takes different skills relative to old-line manufacturing jobs. They require more education and less phyiscal prowess. The second video is a production of "The Onion" and how trying to save old manufacturing jobs is, well, not in the interests of a 21st century US. (Warning: Some bad language in that video!!)
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I watched the first video and it was discouraging to see how so many people are getting out of work but without the possibility of finding work in higher skilled positions. I think now more than ever, education is vital not only for our generation to be efective members of the community but also to attain the level of training needed to compete in a highly technological economy.
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