Automation is the fly in Trump's soup. There are no jobs to come back

[CK_John]

The pipeline will produce 14 jobs after the pipeline is in place for a product nobody needs.

POTUS is an "Automation denier".

[pnwmom]

1. Yes. That's the elephant in the room no one wants to admit is there. n/t

[jmg257]

2. Probably why he mentions infrastructure re-build so much. Figuring on construction jobs? nt

[DinahMoeHum]

3. This is also happening in the auto industry.

Between the theory and practice of driverless cars/trucks and the rise of electric vehicles/hybrids, automation not only will slash jobs in vehicle manufacturing but also in its satellite industries, ie. vehicle parts.

Which is why I pity those poor benighted fools who believe Trump can help get them those jobs they were promised.

They are learning a hard lesson the hard way: the benefits coming out of manufacturing jobs didn't come by themselves, they came because of THE UNIONS.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/39102-labor-organizing-in-2017-looking-beyond-trump-s-lies-on-jobs

(snip)
If we think of manufacturing as a source of good jobs now, it's only because working people made it that way -- angry, militant working people who united to fight the bosses and the politicians. . .US workers don't miss manufacturing jobs; they miss the benefits of unionization.
(snip)

[Talk Is Cheap]

4. So, why, then are corporations moving factories overseas?

It still takes people to build the robots, to write software, to run them, and to maintain them.

That all can be done here in America with American workers...

[Adrahil]

7. a number of reasons.

One of the big ones is environmental regulations. China's air is toxic in many cities. It got that way because of lax environmental regulations. Of course, many companies went to China to take advantage of cheap labor, but not becuase labor was really necessary, but because that option was cheaper than a large capital investment in automation technology. By off-shoring, they lower costs now, and they delay the need to automate until the technology has become cheaper.

And yes, there is a still a need for skilled labor. We'll how that lasts.

[Adrahil]

5. Yup. I agree. Been saying that for a while.

Manufacturing jobs are disappearing and will continue to do so. Even as manufacturing output increases, the jobs will continue to decline.

[HoneyBadger]

6. Just like Maytag put the repairman out of business

And Robocop put cops out of business

This has been predicted for 50 years

Skype is also putting US doctors out of business, why pay someone local $250k when there are eager doctors Skyping from India at 1/10 the salary

[uponit7771]

8. ACTUALLY ITS REALITY !!! UE rate is 4.7% and the LFPR is 6.7!! How in the hell is he supposed better

... those stats !?!?

[Equinox Moon]

9. Creative title.

Almost 14 jobs. The Guardian reported 35 for the keystone.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028540524

[yallerdawg]

10. You're next.

[JenniferJuniper]

15. I want my own Einstein!

[tanyev]

11. Instead of POTUS, may I suggest FAITWH?

F**king A**hole in the White House.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Agreed. Highest employment in coal was 1920s. Highest production of coal was 1950s.

Coal isn't coming back, let alone coal jobs. tRump sold his suckers a pig in a poke.

[DanTex]

13. If he starts a global trade war, the whole bowl will be full of flies.

[Talk Is Cheap]

14. Call center jobs could easily return to America...

There is nothing worse (on so many levels) than calling for customer service and
getting somebody is some foreign country.

American corporations hate Americans - they could careless if their greed causes
poverty in America.