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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which is the most terrifying part of this election.

And no low is too low-there is still a defense or excuse[/quote]

Could this be because there are Americans who feel they have been taken for a ride by establishment politicians from both parties over the last several decades?

For example, the trade deals were sold as creating millions of new jobs in the US. What we have seen is the decimation of manufacturing jobs in the US.

Have the chickens come home to roost?[/quote]

Jobs have been created for those with degrees as unemployment for that segment is less than 3%. But those that are affected are disproportionately "poorly educated". They have not lost as many jobs to mexicans as they have to machines. Today cars are made by machines. manufacturing can go from CAD/CAM design engineers to finished product without much human involvement. Computers do the machining based on specs and errors are very low with the elimination of human error. I went to a winery for wine tasting and the entire winery was run with 10 people. The same winery had 50 people 2 years back according to the tour guide. It was basically, sensors, machines and computers running the whole shop.

No amount of blaming trade deals will stop machines from taking over. Soon there are driverless cars that will kill truckers income. We are entering the age of the machines and our 20th century thinking will not solve our 21st century problems. There has to be better income distribution, retraining, a guaranteed basic income and other novel ideas. [/quote]
+1  I keep saying the same thing.

My dad was a machinist in the 80's.  He saw the writing on the wall before he retired in the early 90's... everything was becoming automated.

This is the 21st century folks.  Accept that machines and computers are here to stay, and those jobs Trump keeps promising are not really ever coming back.  3rd world countries don't use as much automation because they can't afford it.  So, unless you want this country to go back several decades in our innovation and technology, those jobs just aren't coming back.

Trump should be telling his unemployed supporters to get training on jobs that are in high demand and can't be outsourced. Electricians, plumbers, etc... An electrician friend is looking to hire more people. He can't keep up with the demand, but he can't seem to find anyone who has a brain and/or is willing to be trained.[/quote]

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