This fails to account for suppliers, transportation, logistics, wholesalers, and support jobs that are necessary for one factory to operate.
We lose all of those, too, when we lose manufacturing jobs.
All we have are the service jobs, some of the transportation jobs, and some of the support jobs...as the goods go from the dock to the walmart shelves.
We lose all of those, too, when we lose manufacturing jobs.
Your first and second points don't correlate at all. The warehousing and transportation sectors in this country have been booming for years even as the manufacturing sector has moved much of its activity offshore.
How do you think a Wal-Mart store in the Midwest gets all of the products on its shelves?