[nylsaar]

Manufacturing jobs and service sector jobs are not mutually exclusive. Historical trends do not represent an evolving sophisticated economical stragety, but document economical needs met. The author suggests manufacturing jobs are irrelevant, but all jobs are relevant and necessary.

[douche]

Having a good source of manufacturing jobs can float an order of magnitude more service jobs in an area. Look at every decaying mill town across the northeast where the mills went under and vibrant local downtown economies folded up afterwards.