(January 24, 2013 at 11:32 am)cato123 Wrote: I hear this bit of bullshit all the time. I concede that there are about 8 million fewer manufacturing jobs since about 1980, but our manufacturing output has doubled in the same time.
The result of more manufacturing jobs or the result of more automation since 1980?
Quote:Your superficial 'manufacturing job outsourcing' logic would conclude that nobody in the U.S. has anything to eat. I'm counting on the absurdity of this conclusion catching your attention.
I believe the logical fallacy you've employed here is called "reducto ad absurdum". This is akin to arguing, "if we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?"
Quote:Brach's and Hostess are simply very poor examples for your corporate raider theory.
Our highly conservative, corporate-controlled media spins such demolished companies as the result of labor unions run amok and greedy workers demanding too much compensation. You have to go to foreign media and blogs to get a full picture of what's really going on. Here's one blog entry that I remember vividly.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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