It's already been offered. The issue is automation remains cost effective because salaries remain relatively high. $24 an hour for a fabricator out of high sch

It's already been offered. The issue is automation remains cost effective because salaries remain relatively high. $24 an hour for a fabricator out of high school is easily 20-30% higher the salary for a similar role in Germany. US manufacturing remains competitive industries where a $20-40 an hour salary can be reasonably offered WITHOUT union guarantees. Otherwise the options were offshoring or automation. And for the kind of manufacturing roles that can afford to pay a relatively high salary, a college education is expected. Skilled Trades increasingly require a college education, because understanding classical mechanics with calculus, being able to script in domain-specific CAD tooling, or understanding how to synthesize a compound does require at least an AP level education.