A new study heralds a "bright" future for backyard mechanics [View All]

[kcwayne]

All you need is $1,000,000 in equipment, and you too can produce parts in your spare time and be the vanguard of the future and the engine for revitalization of an economy that cannot compete with slave labor.

The new economy

Can the person that wrote this article possibly be serious? Can the august consultants and academics that study ways to enhance economic competitiveness really think that a couple of guys with very expensive equipment working part time are a model for the future, and are in their words "On the right track"?

Is this the definition of "thriving"?

The writer of this article is either incredibly stupid, or on the payroll of some hack in Washington with the ministry of propaganda.

Can you just see the look on the banker's face when Gomer and Goober roll in to ask for 2 million bucks to set up a CNC center in their backyard so that they can produce parts in their spare time for customers that suddenly have a need for a new gizmo and don't have time to wait for it to be processed through their manufacturing center in China?

And why do Gomer and Goober need 2 million? Because they will not be able to save that money on their own in their lifetime, when they are working for $8 an hour at Walmart, selling products that are produced in China on machines that are set up to run volume, which is where the profits are.

So let me get this straight. The right track is to invest very heavily in equipment to provide quick turnaround on opportunistic jobs that pop up when someone is pressed for time, have to have that gizmo produced right now, and are willing to pay $30,000-$50,000 now, as opposed to $2,000 had they planned properly and gotten the design scheduled through their factory in China. And obviously, this happens infrequently, which is why you can only do it part time.

And there are high minded academics and politicians in Indiana that swallow this crap and promote this as a vision for the future?

Welcome to Jesusland, where you don't need common sense when just faith will do.