Tod wrote:
Read a story awhile back that said if iPhones were made in the U.S. Instead of China, they'd cost $67 more. I'd be willing to pay that.
Meanwhile, Apple is absolutely rolling in money.
Funny you should mention that. Not too long before his death Steve Jobs was complaining to Obama that the US just doesn't have enough engineers for an Apple plant to operate (see link). And therein lies a big part of the problem. We want to be able to find good jobs in factories making blue jeans and pots and pans....jobs that folks in developing countries with the equivalent of a third grade education could do. Meanwhile our education system produces more people with four-year degrees in multicultural rainforest white guilt studies than you can shake a stick at when more people should be pushed towards technical/vocational education. If you really want to revive manufacturing you have to invest in R&D human capital and not just go all batsh** protectionist.
Pwns wrote:
Funny you should mention that. Not too long before his death Steve Jobs was complaining to Obama that the US just doesn't have enough engineers for an Apple plant to operate (see link). And therein lies a big part of the problem. We want to be able to find good jobs in factories making blue jeans and pots and pans....jobs that folks in developing countries with the equivalent of a third grade education could do. Meanwhile our education system produces more people with four-year degrees in multicultural rainforest white guilt studies than you can shake a stick at when more people should be pushed towards technical/vocational education. If you really want to revive manufacturing you have to invest in R&D human capital and not just go all batsh** protectionist.
