A monozukuri campaign for America

Japan is losing it's skilled manufacturing labor similar to the United States. Young school graduates opt for the easier life of sitting at a computer, or gossiping as a Retail clerk. American manufacturers can relate to this issue, as they have to look to Those who do not speak their native tongue to gain conscripts for their production. Why do We suffer thus?

Here resides the information to help One understand the need for a monozukuri campaign. Can an industrial economy truly function without an effective Labor Movement? Entrants shy away from Occupations where little protection operates to maintain Income in real or nominal terms. Current Business practice forestalls true development of Craft skills, and even Production speed; it demanding rights to downsize and shift Production source to maximize Profit ratios, without any consideration of Labor duress. They are the worst practices, but not the only practices which destroys vitality in the Labor force participation.

Business insists on automation of production process, but then abandons Labor to still exist and work in bad environment. People doing nothing more than monitoring computer screens still need stand on the Production floor in the Smoke and Grease. I have long advocated closed Production, where supervision of automated equipment could be managed and operated within Office work conditions; still retaining the Craft skills necessary for superior Production. I witness Car maintenance facilities cleaner than my own home--I'm sloppy Okay?
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Felix Salmon wonders whether a steady relationship between National Defense and GDP would be a good thing. He does not trash the graphs used by the WSJ, but he probably thinks as much of them as I do (remember, much of the data came from a time without Walmart or Color TV). Can there be massive Car Sales before an Interstate system? It is all a debatable question of relative Volumes. Mark Thoma finds that Afghanis do not like Toll roads either.
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Car manufacturers are squaring off against the Soccer Moms. Will they win? It can actually be hoped for their success. Proposed regulations demand too much, will Cost too much, and further sap fuel economy. Moms must realize that if they are going to haul the little Snots all over, there will always be some risk. lgl