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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Is there any evidence to support this claim?
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The 1/2 dozen, or so, manufacturing plants that have been closed in the Omaha area. I don't need a bunch of economic mumbo-jumbo to support my claims. I see what I see. I see manufacturing plants closed, bulldozed, and Walmarts put up in their place. I suppose the economy's good...if you build Walmarts.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Imagine - a factory worker in the 70's who worked and got his MBA in the 80's, and then started an IT firm in the 90's, and then became a real estate developer early in the '00's, compared to the factory worker who did nothing but collect unemployment.
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That's a highly adaptable factory worker. My hat's off to him. Most people, however, are not that adaptable. Some people are more suited to read a tapemeasure than a spreadsheet. Some people are more adept at selling a home than building one. People just aren't as adaptable as machines, that can be instantly retooled to produce a different run of parts.