Not true.

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Not true.

TB — 4/23/2007 4:30:06 PM (archived)

If you look at the BLS numbers (I posted a graph in this post), the last time the number of manufacturing jobs was as low as it is now was 1950. There were fewer jobs prior to that, with the exception of the big peak during WWII, when between 1940 and 1945 about six million new manufacturing jobs appeared.

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"Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000" - Bowser - 4/20/2007 10:44:08 PM
- Sure but...There are still Millions more manufacturing jobs in the USA today than there were in the 1960's... (n/t) - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/23/2007 1:17:11 PM
  - Not true. - TB - 4/23/2007 4:30:06 PM
    - I stand corrected... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/24/2007 3:39:32 PM
      - Probably not true either. - TB - 4/24/2007 3:58:59 PM
        
        True they wouldn't be better off working for the government... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/24/2007 10:07:17 PM
- re:Yet 2 million new jobs were created in the last 12 months - SteveS - 4/21/2007 3:59:39 PM
  - The response is like having a boat filling with 3 cubic feet of water per minute while 2 cubic feet per minute is pumped out. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/21/2007 6:21:55 PM
    - re:Hows since August 2003, more than 7.8 million jobs have been created? - SteveS - 4/22/2007 2:47:21 AM
    - Comparing apples to apples... - TB - 4/21/2007 10:49:13 PM
- So, what's the answer? - TB - 4/20/2007 11:18:17 PM
  - There are no simple answers. - Bowser - 4/21/2007 4:03:58 AM
    - re: There are no simple answers. - Hans - 4/21/2007 7:33:01 AM
      - It's not a right. But it's a good thing to have in a country. - TB - 4/21/2007 4:35:14 PM
        
        re: It's not a right. But it's a good thing to have in a country. - Hans - 4/22/2007 11:01:09 AM
        
        U.S. GDP currently around seven times China's. - TB - 4/22/2007 7:45:17 PM
        
        Any data on the current rate of change of GDP in the US and China? - Laurie Street - 4/23/2007 5:34:11 PM
        
        I tend to be suspicious of "per capita" statistics... - TB - 4/23/2007 5:44:58 PM
        
        re: U.S. GDP currently around seven times China's. - Hans - 4/23/2007 5:28:09 PM
    - Economics As If Reality Mattered. - TB - 4/21/2007 4:31:33 AM
    - What's comfortable? - Lee - 4/21/2007 4:27:53 AM
  - Specialization and Globalization - SDF - 4/21/2007 2:07:49 AM
    - re: Specialization and Globalization - TB - 4/21/2007 5:17:56 AM
      - re: Specialization and Globalization - SDF - 4/21/2007 4:40:56 PM
        
        "Dream jobs," and the data. - TB - 4/21/2007 5:09:15 PM
  - A massive add campaign on buy "Made In The USA" wouldn't hurt. - Lee - 4/21/2007 1:53:56 AM
  - Cook the CEO's up in a pot of stew? - Lindy - 4/21/2007 1:03:20 AM
    - re: Cook the CEO's up in a pot of stew? - Hans - 4/21/2007 7:36:23 AM
      - "Today, CEOs are assured of getting rich..... - Lindy - 4/24/2007 8:15:02 PM

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