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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
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Wal-Mart is example of where America does work. Wal-Mart constantly learns what and how products are manufactured. As a Wal-Mart supplier, if you are not doing your job (ie RubberMaid), then an informed Wal-Mart pressures you even to the point of bankruptcy. Wal-Mart is where America works.
Why did Wal-Mart discover incandescent bulbs made no sense? Because Wal-Mart learned how the work gets done AND demanded companies change immediately to provide innovative products. GE refused. So Wal-Mart cut GE off; went to Phillips who offered to innovate. Suddenly GE started making light bulbs that consumed seven times less energy.
America that works is a country that innovates. And that is the problem. Not that American has insufficient welders and carpenters. The problem is that America has too many students that are communication and business school graduates. People who can only promote the status quo; who have so little experience as to never even see an innovation until long after it is no longer innovative.
The problem is already appearing in patches. General Motors that will not innovate until required to by Federal regulations. Silicon Valley that cannot find technically (computer literate) knowledgeable Americans. Silicon Valley is where ICs are important. ICs - the most common employee is now a Chinese or Indian immigrant.
Some benchmarks for technical ignorance. Show me a computer repairman who knows how electricity works? Rather than use a volt meter to identify a defective power system component, the naive computer tech will foolishly keep swapping parts until something works. A problem demonstrated by Consumer Reports that could not get simplest computer problems fixed properly. Often starting by swapping the power supply - because he has no technical knowledge. So naive that he considers himself an expert only because he can swap parts.
Another benchmark - do you have a surge protector on your computer? Then you have made computer damage even easier. How many buy a surge protector only because they were told (ordered - blindly believed) to - rather than first ask questions such as what does it do? Another example of America that does not train people how to think. That only rewards those to promote the status quo.
The only thing that creates jobs is innovation. The only thing.