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Originally posted by Adam D
Not likely. If you don't have a job, how are you going to afford to go to school? Or what if you don't do well in school? Do you default to working in fast food to feed your family?
When thousands of people get dumped out of their jobs a factory at a time, it's hard for all of those people to enter colleges. They are usually looking to find another job so they can pay their bills.
The "better" jobs these people usually get are lateral moves from a line to a cubicle, assuming they are computer literate. Or worse they end up at Wal-Mart. |
True... it's a sad reality... but keeping factories here will most likely only prolong the inevitable, which will hold us as a progressing nation, back...
However, I think corporations should be held more accountable for these kinds of moves... perhaps some sort of tax break incentive programs by the government to help displaced workers get basic education and training in other fields...
As for manufacturing jobs, I'm still convinced those jobs will begin to disappear further over the years to automation...