Manufacturing didn't go away because of anything other than the rise in unskilled labor costs in the United States. At the time it was cheaper to manufacture o

Manufacturing didn't go away because of anything other than the rise in unskilled labor costs in the United States. At the time it was cheaper to manufacture overseas and ship to this country. With the falling cost of robotics, and the rising cost of foreign labor and shipping, it's likely that manufacturing will return to this country in a highly automated way. If your job can be replaced by a robot, human or otherwise, that doesn't bitch about his pension and threaten to strike, it will be.