Missed the show, found out about you on 9/26 reading a CNN article. Sorry I missed it, I truly have a lot of respect for men like you who made things we all used and needed. I was brought up to be an a academic, spent all my life in academia and using my knowledge and education on technical things. I hold degrees in biology and computer science but have always been interested in drafting and industrial arts, alas my father insisted on all academic subjects in school, a classical education. My father, who was a chemist, taught me to appreciate the old ways of doing things and doing the job right. He prefered using a slide rule to calculators. It makes glad to see people like you are in the world. Best wishes, will look in on your channel once in a while.
Wow! What an honour. I am a conservative from Conservative from Canada (ya, we exist - all 7 of us) and have loved your channel for years. We need to manufacture but also need hands on hobbies. Please continue working your magic. Paul
Congratulations, Phil. I appreciate you always speaking up for American manufacturing. Well deserved recognition from the major news network. Can’t wait to see it!
Phil, I read your interview and yes it is difficult for many tradesmen. I'm glad you got a chance to voice your concerns, I think CNN does do alot of investigation of average American's plight. I used to work in residential construction carpentry (typically non-union, small business companies) in NYC in the 80's and 90's. I found my industry swarmed by illegal Irish immigrants (they all claimed 10 dependents on their tax forms to avoid taxes) and eastern Europeans working for nothing. I'm sure this is not unlike your issues with offshore manufacturing and sourcing. It's called capitalism and the biggest consumer of capitalist profit is labor, material costs second. This is America, a container for pretty much no-holds barred capitalism. You can wave the flag, watch baseball, have mom's apple pie, but the primary function of America is to make money for capitalists. If you have a profitable trade, make a nice salary, that's great, but its not any where near the focus of capitalists with legislative and regulatory capture. How does capitalism work in America? Any profitable business line is ripe for competition from a far greater moneyed entity. "We see what you are doing, we can do it better and more profitably"........We'll buy materials from China, have the labor and manufacturing done off shore at a fraction of the labor costs, tax write offs for shipping, probably some tax breaks for promised jobs and viola, you now have a massive amount of competition and pressure at the price point and you are surrounded by someone who could afford to go regional or national. Maybe you have enough local loyalty to survive, but sooner or later, probably not. And though it doesnt seem right, its all perfectly legal and likely encouraged by our tax and fading anti-trust laws, and it would seem that the damage to any region is secondary to profits. I hate to tell you that this is the America we live in. Trust me as a dad, I am somewhat terrified for the monetary environment my kids will grow into. Expecting this to change is folly. That train has left the station for many industries that have outsourced to Asia. The electronics industry, any repeatable manufacturing process at mass scale, plastics, textiles, machinery economically could likely not come back to America, especially for consumer products at current pay rates and other consumer costs (energy,, insurance, housing, food, etc). How much would a TV manufactured in America cost? Probably 1.5-2x what we pay now or would be of lesser quality. Now just think about more industries re-homed here and the higher labor costs on prices. No one will be able to afford them, because since the 80's US wage growth has been stunted, yet corporate profits soared.
There was a lot of industry media coverage at IMTS 2024 but I didn't see any of the MSM there. I was there for 6 days. No political candidates either. It's always been that way as well. Been in the trade since 74 and as far as most people know, manufacturing is invisible and they don't have a clue as to what we do. There are a ton of things being made in this country. The MSM will seldom see it. Were you there?
Missed the show, found out about you on 9/26 reading a CNN article. Sorry I missed it, I truly have a lot of respect for men like you who made things we all used and needed. I was brought up to be an a academic, spent all my life in academia and using my knowledge and education on technical things. I hold degrees in biology and computer science but have always been interested in drafting and industrial arts, alas my father insisted on all academic subjects in school, a classical education. My father, who was a chemist, taught me to appreciate the old ways of doing things and doing the job right. He prefered using a slide rule to calculators. It makes glad to see people like you are in the world. Best wishes, will look in on your channel once in a while.
Wow! What an honour. I am a conservative from Conservative from Canada (ya, we exist - all 7 of us) and have loved your channel for years. We need to manufacture but also need hands on hobbies. Please continue working your magic. Paul
Congratulations, Phil. I appreciate you always speaking up for American manufacturing. Well deserved recognition from the major news network. Can’t wait to see it!
Snark and pride, bless your heart.
Please elaborate?
That's great to hear, looking forward to watching it. I'm in Australia, but should be able to watch it (somehow).
Phil, I read your interview and yes it is difficult for many tradesmen. I'm glad you got a chance to voice your concerns, I think CNN does do alot of investigation of average American's plight. I used to work in residential construction carpentry (typically non-union, small business companies) in NYC in the 80's and 90's. I found my industry swarmed by illegal Irish immigrants (they all claimed 10 dependents on their tax forms to avoid taxes) and eastern Europeans working for nothing. I'm sure this is not unlike your issues with offshore manufacturing and sourcing. It's called capitalism and the biggest consumer of capitalist profit is labor, material costs second. This is America, a container for pretty much no-holds barred capitalism. You can wave the flag, watch baseball, have mom's apple pie, but the primary function of America is to make money for capitalists. If you have a profitable trade, make a nice salary, that's great, but its not any where near the focus of capitalists with legislative and regulatory capture.
How does capitalism work in America? Any profitable business line is ripe for competition from a far greater moneyed entity. "We see what you are doing, we can do it better and more profitably"........We'll buy materials from China, have the labor and manufacturing done off shore at a fraction of the labor costs, tax write offs for shipping, probably some tax breaks for promised jobs and viola, you now have a massive amount of competition and pressure at the price point and you are surrounded by someone who could afford to go regional or national. Maybe you have enough local loyalty to survive, but sooner or later, probably not. And though it doesnt seem right, its all perfectly legal and likely encouraged by our tax and fading anti-trust laws, and it would seem that the damage to any region is secondary to profits. I hate to tell you that this is the America we live in. Trust me as a dad, I am somewhat terrified for the monetary environment my kids will grow into.
Expecting this to change is folly. That train has left the station for many industries that have outsourced to Asia. The electronics industry, any repeatable manufacturing process at mass scale, plastics, textiles, machinery economically could likely not come back to America, especially for consumer products at current pay rates and other consumer costs (energy,, insurance, housing, food, etc). How much would a TV manufactured in America cost? Probably 1.5-2x what we pay now or would be of lesser quality. Now just think about more industries re-homed here and the higher labor costs on prices. No one will be able to afford them, because since the 80's US wage growth has been stunted, yet corporate profits soared.
Congrats. look forward to seeing it.
You're AWESOME! 😊
I know, right? LOL
When you believe long enough and hard enough… Cheers!
There was a lot of industry media coverage at IMTS 2024 but I didn't see any of the MSM there. I was there for 6 days. No political candidates either. It's always been that way as well. Been in the trade since 74 and as far as most people know, manufacturing is invisible and they don't have a clue as to what we do. There are a ton of things being made in this country. The MSM will seldom see it. Were you there?