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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 2146837" data-attributes="member: 23516"><p>You can compete with Third World manufacturing labor and win. This area is a hotbed of manufacturing growth right now.</p><p></p><p>"Manufacturing" is a diverse sector of the economy. You can't compete with developing nations when it comes to paying some guy to stand at a machine all day and push a button or pull a lever every time a part comes down the line. Anyone can do that, and that's why it makes no sense to pay an American $16/hour with decent benefits to do what some clown who can't read can do just as well and for a fraction of the cost.</p><p></p><p>The factory jobs coming to this area are unlike those most of us have ever known. The really good ones require that you have some type of degree. Ninety-nine percent of the time, it's a technical degree of some type or relevant experience with some kind of technical certification. Sometimes, it's all of the above. The work is performed on new, modern, state-of-the-art equipment.</p><p></p><p>The remaining factory jobs that are cropping up don't have such stringent requirements and don't pay as well, but the pay isn't bad. Probably the main thing keeping those jobs from going elsewhere is the proximity to the customers and the ability to stop on a dime and make changes to the products.</p><p></p><p>No one realizes this, but our manufacturing output keeps growing and growing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 2146837, member: 23516"] You can compete with Third World manufacturing labor and win. This area is a hotbed of manufacturing growth right now. "Manufacturing" is a diverse sector of the economy. You can't compete with developing nations when it comes to paying some guy to stand at a machine all day and push a button or pull a lever every time a part comes down the line. Anyone can do that, and that's why it makes no sense to pay an American $16/hour with decent benefits to do what some clown who can't read can do just as well and for a fraction of the cost. The factory jobs coming to this area are unlike those most of us have ever known. The really good ones require that you have some type of degree. Ninety-nine percent of the time, it's a technical degree of some type or relevant experience with some kind of technical certification. Sometimes, it's all of the above. The work is performed on new, modern, state-of-the-art equipment. The remaining factory jobs that are cropping up don't have such stringent requirements and don't pay as well, but the pay isn't bad. Probably the main thing keeping those jobs from going elsewhere is the proximity to the customers and the ability to stop on a dime and make changes to the products. No one realizes this, but our manufacturing output keeps growing and growing. [/QUOTE]
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