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Electrical Engineering Lost 35,000 Jobs Last Year In the US
dcblogs writes "Despite an expanding use of electronics in products, the number of people working as electrical engineers in U.S. declined by 10.4% last year. The decline amounted to a loss of 35,000 jobs and increased the unemployment rate for electrical engineers from 3.4% in 2012 to 4.8% last year, an unusually high rate of job losses for this occupation. There are 300,000 people working as electrical engineers, according to U.S. Labor Department data analyzed by the IEEE-USA. In 2002, there were 385,000 electrical engineers in the U.S. Ron Hira, an assistant professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, called the electrical engineering employment trend 'truly disturbing,' and said, 'just like America's manufacturing has been hollowed out by offshoring and globalization, it appears that electrical and electronics engineering is heading that way.'"
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
Is it "possible" that fears of "US-bugged hardware" are responsible? Sure, as long as those companies are using crystal balls to place their orders based on knowledge of the future. (IOW - No)
At least now we won't have to live with the suspense of wondering when the first reference to NSA would come up.
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
No, he's not kidding. Yes, "free market" is a line for the suckers, but the suckers are the people voting for this shit, and they're the ones who worship the "free market" because they've been trained to do so by their handlers at Fox News.