Comments on: On the Supposed Decline of Manufacturing http://www.shopfloor.org/2009/08/19/on-the-supposed-decline-of-manufacturing/ The National Association of Manufacturers Premier Manufacturing Blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:39:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jay http://www.shopfloor.org/2009/08/19/on-the-supposed-decline-of-manufacturing/#comment-15130 Jay Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:54:57 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=10035#comment-15130 My apologies, there should be a comma after NO in the first sentence. "No, too much opposition...." My bad. My apologies, there should be a comma after NO in the first sentence.

“No, too much opposition….”

My bad.

]]> By: Jay http://www.shopfloor.org/2009/08/19/on-the-supposed-decline-of-manufacturing/#comment-15129 Jay Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:53:36 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=10035#comment-15129 @AJ -- No opposition and too much isle crossing is what got us to where we are today so why in the world would we want to allow an individual to masquerade as someone he is not and heap praise on him? A duck is a duck. Just because it starts barking all of a sudden doesn't make it a dog. Dan Ikenson at Cato brings up an excellent point as does David. Our manufacturing sector in the US has made a wide reaching change over the years to producing higher tech items. We are importing the goods that can be made by a monkey with a sewing machine but in the end I am unsure if that's really a good thing. All types of people in this nation need jobs and not everyone has the experience or schooling to build targeting systems for missiles, circuits for GPS units or airplane parts. @AJ — No opposition and too much isle crossing is what got us to where we are today so why in the world would we want to allow an individual to masquerade as someone he is not and heap praise on him?

A duck is a duck. Just because it starts barking all of a sudden doesn’t make it a dog.

Dan Ikenson at Cato brings up an excellent point as does David. Our manufacturing sector in the US has made a wide reaching change over the years to producing higher tech items. We are importing the goods that can be made by a monkey with a sewing machine but in the end I am unsure if that’s really a good thing. All types of people in this nation need jobs and not everyone has the experience or schooling to build targeting systems for missiles, circuits for GPS units or airplane parts.

]]> By: AJ Sweatt http://www.shopfloor.org/2009/08/19/on-the-supposed-decline-of-manufacturing/#comment-12046 AJ Sweatt Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=10035#comment-12046 Ikenson makes his point - Meyerson is wrong. But is he WRONG? It's cool that facts were corrected, but the spirit of Meyerson's piece - that the US does need commitment and stamina and focus - seems to get lost here amidst what amounts to me as splitting hairs. And one other point: the fact that Meyerson hasn't displayed this sort of opinion in the past has little if anything to do with this topic. Shouldn't we be encouraged (and encouraging) when someone we don't normally agree with plants his flag in common ground? Ikenson makes his point - Meyerson is wrong. But is he WRONG? It’s cool that facts were corrected, but the spirit of Meyerson’s piece - that the US does need commitment and stamina and focus - seems to get lost here amidst what amounts to me as splitting hairs.

And one other point: the fact that Meyerson hasn’t displayed this sort of opinion in the past has little if anything to do with this topic. Shouldn’t we be encouraged (and encouraging) when someone we don’t normally agree with plants his flag in common ground?

]]> By: Manufacture This » Blog Archive » You either support America’s manufacturers or you don’t http://www.shopfloor.org/2009/08/19/on-the-supposed-decline-of-manufacturing/#comment-12032 Manufacture This » Blog Archive » You either support America’s manufacturers or you don’t Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:25:14 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=10035#comment-12032 [...] contrast to their supposed interest in supporting American manufacturers, they’ve gone and criticized someone who actually supports strengthening U.S. [...] [...] contrast to their supposed interest in supporting American manufacturers, they’ve gone and criticized someone who actually supports strengthening U.S. [...]

]]> By: david foster http://www.shopfloor.org/2009/08/19/on-the-supposed-decline-of-manufacturing/#comment-12026 david foster Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:44:14 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=10035#comment-12026 Part of the problem here is that our politicians & journalists are focused on industries and companies that are BIG...ie, whose workers represent a large voting bloc. Companies that are in our equivalent of the German Mittelstand...those with a few hundred or a few thousand employees...are invisible to them, unless they are doing something which is currently fashionable. Part of the problem here is that our politicians & journalists are focused on industries and companies that are BIG…ie, whose workers represent a large voting bloc. Companies that are in our equivalent of the German Mittelstand…those with a few hundred or a few thousand employees…are invisible to them, unless they are doing something which is currently fashionable.

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