Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues Finance, the economy & Economics Bailing out the auto industry - yes or no?

Unless you are in the auto industry, the skilled trades and engineering profession are both disposable these days in the USA.
Skilled trades workers get laid off left and right constantly and engineering work is largely outsourced.

Why should a company pay an engineer good money when they can have someone in China or India do the work and then send the CAD files via the internet?

Most of the skilled trades work in assembly is in "right to get fired" states.