Trump voters *wanted* to be lied to about this.

[kpete]

85% of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs are due to technology (automation), not international trade.

Many are quick to blame trade for a loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector, yet Solís affirms that the predominant force behind losses in manufacturing employment has been technological change (85 percent), not international trade. As she explains, automation has transformed the American factory, and the advent of new technologies (like robotics and 3D printing) has rendered many low-skilled jobs unnecessary.

MORE:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2016/11/18/what-is-the-future-of-free-trade-5-facts-about-us-trade-policy/?utm_content=buffer7f041&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[treestar]

1. Yes they'd prefer to scapegoat other people

that they don't know in other parts of the world, for daring to want to work.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. This has never been a secret to anyone with basic reading skills...

manufacturing output in the US has been increasing for years.

This does, of course, bring up other annoying questions, like how have the conditions and wages changed for the workers still out there? How much of this production is for the military?

Production is just a number. How has the nation overall fared either because of or in spite of this increase?

[world wide wally]

3. This is what I have been saying for a long time now.

No politician ever talks about our "jobless economy" and that is the real issue

[panader0]

4. This chart emphasizes why we need infrastructure jobs.

There are many kinds of work that cannot be automated.

[LonePirate]

5. Plenty of people on the left have their knives out for trade while ignoring automation.

[HughBeaumont]

6. . . . and with the government soon to be "Three Branches Bush on Steroids" . . .

. . . you can kiss the notion of an adequate safety net, let alone a Guaranteed Minimum Income, goodbye.

Too bad. Sure would have helped a whole lot of people who are now going to be screwn. Hope the . . . er . . . "economic anxiety" was worth it.