So what’s your plan to “bring back American manufacturing jobs” since a growing proportion of US manufacturing is done via robotics? Smash the robots? Implement tariffs? How much do you think it will pay to be cheaper than a robot?
Should we also go back to scythes and hand carts for agriculture?
You know, I don’t see robots as the be all end all for every bit of manufacturing, but even robots need to be fed materials to process. Not all the jobs would not be in the traditional manufacturing work room. Suppliers, transportation, energy needs, local economy spin-offs, traditional multiplier effects..., there would be a lot of impact on communities that weren’t even directly related to the manufacturing plant.
Local merchants would have a broader base. City, State, and Federal tax bases would be supplemented. Schools, libraries, and other things that have been languishing, could be funded better. Local city road repairs would be more fully funded.
That’s how I see it.