You gonna work the line at the new local assembly plant, Ned?

Author: Rooney (6030 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 4:07 pm on Aug 25, 2026

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There are almost 500,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs right now in the US. You don't have enough of a labor force to fill the current job vacancies but you want to add more? Roll up yer sleeves and grab a wrench!

Everybody wants to add more manufacturing jobs. Not for themselves, mind you. For others.

"I didn't come here to take part. I came here to take over."

Replies to: “You gonna work the line at the new local assembly plant, Ned?”

Cutting off your nose to spite your face [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:03pm 8/25/26 (15) [View All]
- Said it before. They always need a bad guy. - Rooney - 4:09pm 8/25/26
- What has El-Sayed said regarding Sharia Law? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 3:54pm 8/25/26
- One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada... - NedoftheHill - 2:06pm 8/25/26
  - Cheaper labor, closer to raw materials, satisfying a market of almost 2M new cars per year. - Rooney - 4:18pm 8/25/26
    - And governments need to take action to lessen that effect. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 7:00pm 8/25/26
    - The unit labor cost gap has shrunk, which is the metric that matters. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:26pm 8/25/26
      - They don’t pay for medical in Canada. - PaND - 5:27pm 8/25/26
  - Undoing this "arrangement" would be like separating conjoined twins. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:21pm 8/25/26
    - A lot of that supports my point. Bring the jobs back to the US. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:40pm 8/25/26
      - You gonna work the line at the new local assembly plant, Ned? - Rooney - 4:07pm 8/25/26
        
        Where did you get that stat? - NedoftheHill - 6:53pm 8/25/26
        
        The mfg vacancy rate in the US is roughly equivalent to the pre-tariff vacancy rate in Canada. - iairishcheeks - 4:17pm 8/25/26
        
        Yup. - Rooney - 4:21pm 8/25/26
        
        It should be, if it isn't. What do you think it is about? - NedoftheHill - 6:56pm 8/25/26
        
        Reshoring + Automation is the play. - iairishcheeks - 4:29pm 8/25/26

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