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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by geggam on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:14PM (#17935943)
Where I live people are on facebook selling home cooked food and offering to do handy man work. Jobs I grew up with in fast food that could be relied on to provide 38 or so hrs a week now provide my teenagers 16-20. The teenagers are competing with adults for the jobs.

I am of the opinion outside metropolis areas the entire nation is running on Empty as far as finance goes. The people I know who live here and work normal blue collar jobs run just under the max on their credit cards and keep alive by paying minimum. Opening new lines of credit to pay for emergencies

Granted this is only my personal experiences but its common enough its disturbing.

When people run out of money to buy things what happens ?

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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by erikpukinskis on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:01PM (#17936339)
When they run out of money, they become illegal and then are detained. As soon as they need to defecate they will be breaking the law. So usually after losing your money you become a criminal within 24 hours.

If they keep trying to “sell food” or other illegal activities out of their home, they will be put in prison.

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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by geggam on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:33PM (#17936585)
Glad to see I am not the only person who is aware of this.
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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by Aloha on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:47PM (#17936683)
I noticed this in a more meta sense - in 2015 I did a cross country road trip, I noticed it was rare in most rural areas to see a building that was newer than 1975, that wasnt obviously built with outside funding.
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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by benploni on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:24PM (#17936040)
Something about your post made be literally anxious, like to the point of affecting my breathing.
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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by Brockenstein on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:27PM (#17936060)
Worried about the next big recession and whether or not you'll end up in a shanty town.
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Re:Is Automation Really to Blame for Lost Manufacturing Jobs? by pixl97 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:41AM (#17941292)
>running on Empty as far as finance goes.

Only if. How about trillions in debt instead.

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