Jesse Jackson Jr. rants that the iPad causes job loss...

[thewayne]

AFTER buying one himself.

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/rep-jesse-jackson-jr-antitech-rant-blames-ipad-killing-jobs

Comments

[silveradept]

He could have done a lot better by saying "outsourcing kills jobs" instead of trying to blame the march of technology.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Technology changes the job market profile, but it's outsourcing and off-shoring that kills jobs.

[silveradept]

Definitely. Thing is, not a whole lot of companies are providing the retraining to turn the widget-makers into the robot-operators so that they can continue to be competitive in the job market as their companies replace them with technology and automation.