Hot Take of the Week: Bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. won’t create real jobs—automation will take most of them

Can reshoring ever mean meaningful employment—or is the robot revolution already here?

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, “robot revolution” doesn’t mean no jobs — it means different ones. If we tie reshoring tax credits to paid 12‑week mechatronics apprenticeships co-run by OEMs and local colleges, you get real hiring; after our cobot install we staffed 5 new maintenance/quality tech roles per line in a quarter. MIT’s Work of the Future backs this shift (https://workofthefuture.mit.edu) — anyone here bundling incentives with training?

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