some_guy_nobel 5 hours ago

You can show any number in isolation and it can mean anything.

Now try presenting it the distribution of typical job gains/losses!

jimt1234 5 hours ago

Feels like Milton from Office Space: I was told there would be a manufacturing boom.

  • bluGill 4 hours ago

    There might have been. Labor in manufacturing is way down - a trend going back to the 1950s. However manufacturing in the US has been booming all along. What used to take 2000 people in manufacturing now takes less than 200.