Tech and Innovation Power Detroit's manufacturing revival: CNBC

[Richard]

Alot do say manufacturing is dead and will never comeback,there are shortages of skilled labor all across the board,the average age for a skilled machinist or fabricator or even tool and die is 54 years old and many make in excess of 70k a year.

We raised a whole generation on tech and forgot about the nuts and bolts and the idea of a daily mental challenge.

The auto manufactures located in the south are begging the tool and die companies to move from Detroit and be closer to them,in theory it would be better for them to have a location both in Detroit and in the south but without the skilled labor to fill those positions they are throttled and everybody loses,both manufacturing and health care are being whittled down and unless we restart the skills training programs again we will leave them no choice but to outsource and keep dragging the country down further.

Not everybody is tech savoy and maybe a outlet for restlessness is a education in the skills trades all it requires from the start is the ability to work with ones hands which gives the pride of producing something from nothing.

I think the city is underestimating its labor resources and writing many off as uneducated and therefore not worth the training investment and in return having to deal with a labor drain verses a labor opportunity.

If the government had not subsidized tech in silicone valley for the space program it would not be where it is at today,maybe it is time to start investing back into the skills training today so when tomorrow comes we are ready.