Quote:Who do you think builds the robots? Services them?

 

Besides, if robots are doing all of the work the production facilities would already be in the USA so that shipping costs and market lead times could be minimized.

 

I know manufacturing doesn't require the level of staffing it once did, but that doesn't actually change anything. You're arguing ideology in response to economics.

 

You want the USA to be successful? Forget everything you think you know and accept that it requires the nation to act in the interests of the lower and middle classes rather than worrying about the interests of businesses. Businesses will find their way into the market no matter how onerous you might think the conditions on their existence are.

 

I'm not advocating acting in the interest of business, I'm pointing out the flaws in the logic that you can have the 2nd highest tax rates in the world, combined with the highest labor cost, end free trade and impose higher tariffs without losing production. It's a fantasy you talk about wanting success that's a recipe to make the United States irrelevant on the global market within a generation. What business is left you'd see a contraction in employment, they'd higher less people to do more work.

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