| In 2005 we watched more workers lose their jobs to | | | | sector, that is when it was time to cut costs, they cut |
| the robotic factory, some due to the efficiencies of | | | | not the efficient robotic factory, but the inefficient |
| economies of scale and some due to Unions | | | | human, Union Labor run factories, the old factories |
| demanding more than the companies could give and | | | | which are costly to run. |
| still appease shareholder value and maintain quarterly | | | | In 2006 we will see more innovation in robotic factories, |
| profits. You see the robotic factory has capabilities of | | | | which will run on self-generated energy and with |
| setting up shorter runs without completely retooling and | | | | co-generation methods selling energy back to the grid, |
| can out produce factories, which are completely run | | | | which is not used. We will see economies of scale |
| by human workers. | | | | beat out the Chinese Skilled Labor Worker who is |
| This means there are greater profits in each unit | | | | willing to work for less than $7.00 to 10.00 per day. We |
| produced and that the company can compete with | | | | will see more companies lay off workers with older |
| low prices in world markets against nations with | | | | factories and we will see some 60,000 union workers |
| hundreds of workers working for peanuts simply | | | | in Ford and GM factories look for new jobs. We may |
| through pure efficiency. No one would be more proud | | | | even see some animosity and saboteurs amongst the |
| of the robotic factory than my ancestor Friedrich | | | | rank and file union workers who are upset that a robot |
| Winslow Taylor. | | | | took their job. Think on all this in 2006. |
| We saw another new trend in the US Automaker | | | | |