I’m sitting in a hotel room with my team. It feels like we are about to watch the most boring football game in history.
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So far it feels like everyone is doing about what you would expect.
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I hate to say it but most of the green manufacturing jobs will go to robots.
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They are not talking much about race tonight. I wonder why. #DemDebates
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We should be honest that government-funded retraining of workers doesn’t work. The success rates for the manufacturing workers of the Midwest were 0-15%. Almost half left the workforce.
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We should also be honest that automation is responsible for 80% of the jobs being lost in manufacturing. It’s not trade or globalization that are driving the changes. If you go to a factory or Amazon fulfillment center you will see wall-to-wall robots.
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The greatest downside of being in the debate tomorrow night is that I won’t get to live tweet it.
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Only 33% of Americans go to college. We should focus on plans that help Americans who pursue all different paths, like the #FreedomDividend of $1,000 a month.
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Well that’s it for the debate! Tune in tomorrow for the next episode of “Who Will Run Our Country?”
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