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ChrisTheSoberITGuy 10 points ago +10 / -0

Unfortunately many states are almost completely dependent on the service industries, eg states that rely on tourism. Manufacturing jobs are virtually non-existant.

Maine has many old mills that could be converted to factories, but at this point it's too late and too expensive. I worry about what will happen here if this lockdown continues.

Tourists are required to quarantine for 14 days. Who wants to visit if they can't leave their room for two weeks?

SUPPOSEDLY it ends on July 10th, but the season is half over by then, and I fully expect our Fuhrer Governor to extend again.

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MaAzGrA 5 points ago +5 / -0

This could be the opportunity for smart business men to hire a hungry workforce.

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fadingecho 5 points ago +5 / -0

I used to live in a city that was once an oilfield hub but has morphed into a service industry city. Of course we know which party has run the city for decades of its decline and now that mayor is, of course, threatening fire and police cuts if taxes aren't raised.

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kag-2020- 3 points ago +3 / -0

Right, the point is they can shift to manufacturing now since it's illegal to run a successful service based business so all the people forced out of their jobs by Communists running the government have the opportunity to do other things.

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Keln 3 points ago +3 / -0

Well, service industry in specific tourist destinations are kind of a special case so those jobs aren't going away long term.

But we were already headed for a lot of lost jobs in the service industry as technology is utilized more and more and the need for a lot of employees directly interacting with the customer is reduced.

The response to Covid-19 was obviously not ideal, but eventually something would have to happen to make up for lost jobs in the service industry. The push to online and kiosk ordering and payment was happening anyway, but it's been greatly escalated in the past 3 months.

Now is the time for manufacturing to ramp up and start hiring low-skilled workers, while many of them are likely permanently displaced from a service industry that's taken a beating and had to adjust for minimal staffing.

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Rugar22 2 points ago +2 / -0

Keep fighting, this country is coming back strong in 2021!