Do not interpret this article with the “uneducated people voted for Trump” analogy. Yes we are a skilled deprived society and those jobs are slipping away with age, some because of manufacturing being sent to offshore for profit or simple retirement. Not everyone deserves a cubicle, but not everyone wants to swing a hammer either. The jobs are there, it’s time to pull up your big boy/girl pants and start swinging – PB/TK
Recovery Skipped Workers Without Degrees, Turning Them To Trump
As America prepares to digest the latest employment report, it’s clear there are jobs out there. But what kinds of jobs they are has changed — leaving out one class of workers much more than others.
Zoom out from Trump’s “rusted out factories scattered like tombstones” and a bigger, if not prettier, picture ratchets into focus.
“We are in the midst of a shift from being primarily a product economy to a knowledge economy,” said NBC business correspondent Ali Velshi. Those without the knowledge aren’t participating in it: We don’t have a jobs gap. We have a skills gap.
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