The News Channels were all atwitter! Steve Jobs at Apple Computer just announced his new iPhone. It’s beautiful. According to technical reviews, he cleverly designed older technology in a stunning new package.
Just like another entrepreneurial genius, George
Eastman! Some weeks ago, Eastman Kodak Inc in Rochester, NY eliminated thirty thousand jobs worldwide. Consumers won’t wait 24 hours for film processing to see their pictures. They buy ‘see it as you take it’ digital cameras.
Take a dusty shoes on the pavement walk in my neighborhood:
I had a first repair on my 2002 Buick. Back in the ‘60’s, we wryly joked that you were lucky if GM cars ran one week longer than your 18 month loan. But armies of workers showed up at each shift change to put these clunkers together.
In the last decade, one million automated robots appeared on factory assembly lines.
Last fall, two city blocks were demolished a half block south of my condo. Over winter huge cranes lifted pre-fabricated modules into place. An upscale condo and entertainment complex now fills the space.
This spring my granddaughter got a good job there at $3 an hour and tips
I downloaded ‘Skype’ onto my obsolete two year old desktop computer. For all I know Skype is run by two guys on a New Zeeland sheep ranch. What I do know is I can talk in real time face to face video with anyone in the world. Much better than phones and it’s free. No taxes! No long distance fees!
I’ve been getting everything I need for a comfortable life with a couple of clicks on my mouse. The Busy Brown Truck and the Post Office deliver to my door.
It’s unlikely anthills of delivery services scattered over the nation moving stuff from container ships to my door will disappear anytime soon.
Every year since 1950, 52% of all American paychecks have been issued by governments – local, state and federal. To all the people who keep me cozy in my condo clicking my mouse, like college coaches whose games entertain me, sewer workers who keep my condo sanitary, cops who make my street safe, etc.
Can brick and mortar businesses create “Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!”?
I watched a documentary on the newly refurbished Anheuser Bush St. Louis facility turn out 4 million bottles of beer a day on its totally automated production line. A handful of engineers watch computer monitors to catch glitches while executives count profits.
The 2010 Census is expected to count three times more citizens than the 1950 Census.
As the available labor force expands, free enterprise capitalism employs more labor saving robotics.
I wonder where is the anger about tweets, emails and U Tube clips that fuel the ferocious discussion in the Public Square about “Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!”
