Smarten up folks, the future is now. Maybe the politicians can b.s. their way on how they create jobs, but the fact is that they can’t. Job creation is the result of product demand which creates supply. Supply results when land, capital and labor combine and are put into production. However, there is a problem here, the labor factor is quickly becoming a non-factor. Case in point, steel mini mills require a skeleton crew to operate; Nucor is the most recognized name in the steel business.

The Nucor Culture can be summarized in five areas: decentralized management philosophy, performance based compensation, egalitarian benefits, customer serviceand quality, and technological leadership. Underlying these elements is the fact that none of Nucor’s plants, whether built from scratch or acquired, are unionized. Nucor is opposed to unions, believing them to be a destructive force in the US steel industry. No Nucor plant has ever held a successful union certification election, even though Nucor management has not engaged in the controversial “union busting” tactics adopted by other companies. The company has never laid off an employee due to a work shortage. 

Robots have replaced humans in the manufacture of automobiles. This has been an ongoing process for the past twenty five years. Manufactures are always embracing new technologies particularly when it comes to saving on labor. Plastic may have been the future 45 years ago, but today the future is robotics. That is the case in China where the factory floor that once had 600 workers is all but devoid of humans; a slimmed down crew of 60 producing 160% more than the human run plant. According to the management, the crew soon will be whittled down to 20 employees. This is not a “fire in the theater” warning, this is the new paradigm.

Companies worldwide are now in the first and second stages to replace temperamental employees. Robots don’t call in sick.  Those without the skills to compete in today’s world are out of luck. Not a good sign for the future.One might add that if unemployment scales up to a large degree who will buy the production of these automated factories. Excellent question! However, there will always be enough of those with the financial means to buy the products produced. One point to remember, revolutions do start when a major shift in incomes take place. Just a reminder of what the future may hold.

As the influx of Muslims and Hispanics hit our shores and those across the big pond, the future job prospects are rather bleak indeed. Look for more agitation, more racists provocation, more demands, but most of all more guff from our politicians who want more money to solve the problem. The problem is that they, the parasitic pandering politician, has created this mess in the first place.