Let’s rephrase this to the truth America is losing jobs. Jobs that are blue collar and even some white collar jobs. This has been ongoing for the past twenty plus years.
Moobygriller on
Yup, more braindead Trumpers getting screwed day in and day out, yet, the MAGA echo chamber is so powerful that they fool themselves into believing that this is the librul’s fault. The patriot pay, the ever expanding US debt, the increase of healthcare costs, the price of staples, etc. Blue collar workers are getting absolutely annihilated, but, they’re too dumb to think critically about the situation.
TheDudeAbidesFarOut on
Trickle
Down
Economics.
Actually, pulling up the ladder behind themselves.
I’m writing this sentence so I don’t get fined. I’m writing this sentence so I don’t get fined.I’m writing this sentence so I don’t get fined.
oregon_coastal on
As it turns out, adding tariffs to all of your manufacturing inputs leads to a substantial decrease in manufacturing.
We shut down a specialized tool and die shop. Put a lot of really amazing people out of work. But the alternative was risking personal bankruptcy and losing everything.
We took part ownership in a new business that bought my equipment (well, the portable stuff like dies, software, files, etc) and shipped them to a partner factory in Vietnam. Most of our customers are overseas so now we can sell to them at better prices. And the US customers will just have to eat whatever tariff Trump wakes up and randomly creates.
But a few dozen really amazing machinists, etc. are now looking for work and it crushed me to do it. But in a leopards eating face way, most of them voted for it to happen.
One day I would love to restart making new things or figuring out a useful new product. I guess I will have to wait. Or more likely start learning some new languages.
chunklight on
It’s possible for all of us, in the future, to work part-time in blue color jobs and elder care. The automation of manufacturing and now white-color busywork through AI should be a boon to mankind. But it requires us to insist on this instead of trillionaires.
After taking the entire article to point out the numbers they dedicate just one paragraph to the reasons
>Yet recent federal policy moves have been counterproductive. Tariffs are hurting blue-collar employment by raising the costs of manufacturing inputs. Immigration raids are disproportionately hurting the construction sector. Cuts to industrial policy subsidies have helped [push factory construction down more than 8% over the last year.](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1OVwG) The administration’s desired [“blue-collar boom”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0CWouAh7js/) is not happening; quite the opposite.
Yep, brain-dead policies from an administration that doesn’t understand basic economic theory and the rubes keep buying it.
TaxLawKingGA on
No man, we are gaining them. I talked to my brother, who told me that his friend said that some guy he knew in Bama told him that his cousin in Texas got a job from a guy in Arizona driving trucks to the border.
Also, Trumps kicking out all the illegals, so after that, all those jobs will be there for Americans.
MAGA!!
(Yes this is snark).
TGAILA on
The author underestimated blue collar jobs, claiming they’re in decline. Think about how your food gets to your plate (workers in farming, warehouses, shipping, and logistics play a big role in that). These jobs often don’t get enough appreciation. You always need a plumber, electrician, HVAC technician, or a carpenter to build and keep homes in good shape. And when your car breaks down, you need a mechanic to fix it.
MajesticBread9147 on
Perhaps everyone who gloated about their zero student loan balances and $500 rent in the middle of bumfuck can move on to white collar jobs.
I have heard that investment banking is still doing well.
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Let’s rephrase this to the truth America is losing jobs. Jobs that are blue collar and even some white collar jobs. This has been ongoing for the past twenty plus years.
Yup, more braindead Trumpers getting screwed day in and day out, yet, the MAGA echo chamber is so powerful that they fool themselves into believing that this is the librul’s fault. The patriot pay, the ever expanding US debt, the increase of healthcare costs, the price of staples, etc. Blue collar workers are getting absolutely annihilated, but, they’re too dumb to think critically about the situation.
Trickle
Down
Economics.
Actually, pulling up the ladder behind themselves.
I’m writing this sentence so I don’t get fined. I’m writing this sentence so I don’t get fined.I’m writing this sentence so I don’t get fined.
As it turns out, adding tariffs to all of your manufacturing inputs leads to a substantial decrease in manufacturing.
We shut down a specialized tool and die shop. Put a lot of really amazing people out of work. But the alternative was risking personal bankruptcy and losing everything.
We took part ownership in a new business that bought my equipment (well, the portable stuff like dies, software, files, etc) and shipped them to a partner factory in Vietnam. Most of our customers are overseas so now we can sell to them at better prices. And the US customers will just have to eat whatever tariff Trump wakes up and randomly creates.
But a few dozen really amazing machinists, etc. are now looking for work and it crushed me to do it. But in a leopards eating face way, most of them voted for it to happen.
One day I would love to restart making new things or figuring out a useful new product. I guess I will have to wait. Or more likely start learning some new languages.
It’s possible for all of us, in the future, to work part-time in blue color jobs and elder care. The automation of manufacturing and now white-color busywork through AI should be a boon to mankind. But it requires us to insist on this instead of trillionaires.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Idleness_and_Other_Essays
After taking the entire article to point out the numbers they dedicate just one paragraph to the reasons
>Yet recent federal policy moves have been counterproductive. Tariffs are hurting blue-collar employment by raising the costs of manufacturing inputs. Immigration raids are disproportionately hurting the construction sector. Cuts to industrial policy subsidies have helped [push factory construction down more than 8% over the last year.](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1OVwG) The administration’s desired [“blue-collar boom”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0CWouAh7js/) is not happening; quite the opposite.
Yep, brain-dead policies from an administration that doesn’t understand basic economic theory and the rubes keep buying it.
No man, we are gaining them. I talked to my brother, who told me that his friend said that some guy he knew in Bama told him that his cousin in Texas got a job from a guy in Arizona driving trucks to the border.
Also, Trumps kicking out all the illegals, so after that, all those jobs will be there for Americans.
MAGA!!
(Yes this is snark).
The author underestimated blue collar jobs, claiming they’re in decline. Think about how your food gets to your plate (workers in farming, warehouses, shipping, and logistics play a big role in that). These jobs often don’t get enough appreciation. You always need a plumber, electrician, HVAC technician, or a carpenter to build and keep homes in good shape. And when your car breaks down, you need a mechanic to fix it.
Perhaps everyone who gloated about their zero student loan balances and $500 rent in the middle of bumfuck can move on to white collar jobs.
I have heard that investment banking is still doing well.