Reply #7: No, it's conspicuous overconsumption, but not treason. [View All]

[MADem]

And frankly, I don't think there are a ton of Americans who are lining up to work in sneaker sweatshops or grunt manufacturing. We decry the loss of these jobs, but I do not know a soul who would be enthused about spending a career hunched over a sewing machine. Same deal with the fruit pickers--no one wants to do that backbreaking work.

In years to come, robots will be doing most of that work, anyway. There will come a point in time where no one wants to do that kind of work, and robots will be cheaper than humans--the day has not quite come, yet.

I would like to see America grow more high tech jobs, in the science-research/computer/medical/engineering games. I can't help but observe that if the AMA didn't see scarcity in medical care as a good thing (to keep salaries high), we wouldn't have to import doctors to achieve basic coverage. If we had a few more med schools, we could start EXporting doctors and other medical professionals--and that would be a good thing.