Sadly, a lot of the left leaning people on this list will blame the decline in manufacturing on the 'big, bad corporations'. I am not saying that they do not share in some of the blame...key word there is 'some'.
However, I think the blame also falls on others. Lets start with one that I know will ruffle some feathers - unions. Unions demand more and more of corporations, making it less and less profitable to continue to do business here. Next, I blame everyone else. We all want the latest and greatest goods, but we refuse to pay a lot of money for them. This also puts corporations in a precarious position where they need to deliver quality goods as cheaply as they can. That is not gonna happen in a plant in America. Let's say that Johnny, you neighbor, cuts your lawn for $40 a week. Would you continue to pay Johnny, just because he is your neighbor, when Stevie, from across town, is willing to do the same job, or better, for $5 a week? On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Corporate America and the Chinese government don't want the public > focused on this information, hence the huge disinformation campaign to > blame the high unemployment rate on illegals and on failed stimulus. > > 1) The United States has lost approximately 42,400 factories since > 2001. About 75 percent of those factories employed over 500 people > when they were still in operation. > > 2) Dell Inc., one of Americas largest manufacturers of computers, has > announced plans to dramatically expand its operations in China with an > investment of over $100 billion over the next decade. > > 3) Dell has announced it will be closing its last large U.S. > manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in November. > Approximately 900 jobs will be lost. > > 4) In 2008, 1.2 billion cellphones were sold worldwide. How many of > them were manufactured inside the United States? Zero. > > 5) According to a new study conducted by the Economic Policy > Institute, if the U.S. trade deficit with China continues to increase > at its current rate, the U.S. economy will lose over half a million > jobs this year alone. > > 6) As of the end of July, the U.S. trade deficit with China had risen > 18 percent compared to the same time period a year ago. > > 7) The United States has lost a total of about 5.5 million > manufacturing jobs since October 2000. > > 8) According to Tax Notes, between 1999 and 2008 employment at the > foreign affiliates of U.S. parent companies increased an astounding 30 > percent to 10.1 million. During that exact same time period, U.S. > employment at American multinational corporations declined 8 percent > to 21.1 million. > > 9) In 1959, manufacturing represented 28 percent of U.S. economic > output. In 2008, it represented 11.5 percent. > > 10) Ford Motor Company recently announced the closure of a factory > that produces the Ford Ranger in St. Paul, Minnesota. Approximately > 750 good-paying middle-class jobs are going to be lost because making > Ford Rangers in Minnesota does not fit in with Fords new global > manufacturing strategy. > > 11) As of the end of 2009, fewer than 12 million Americans worked in > manufacturing. The last time fewer than 12 million Americans were > employed in manufacturing was in 1941. > > 12) In the United States today, consumption accounts for 70 percent of > GDP. Of this 70 percent, over half is spent on services. > > 13) The United States has lost a whopping 32 percent of its > manufacturing jobs since the year 2000. > > 14) In 2001, the United States ranked fourth in the world in per > capita broadband Internet use. Today it ranks 15th. > > 15) Manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is actually > lower in 2010 than it was in 1975. > > 16) Printed circuit boards are used in tens of thousands of different > products. Asia now produces 84 percent of them worldwide. > > 17) The United States spends approximately $3.90 on Chinese goods for > every $1 that the Chinese spend on goods from the United States. > > 18) One prominent economist is projecting that the Chinese economy > will be three times larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328677 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
