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Personally, I think the biggest threat to jobs in the US and across the world (mostly blue collar) is automation, robotics and AI

In this new world order, the only thing that matters is IP. Do you really think we're going to be the top of the heap if we're spending our effort talking about coal jobs and not encouraging youngins to study conservation and green energy?

Even if we had enough skilled workers with appropriate skills, the "next hot skill" is constantly changing and I don't think demand is ever going to be met. Outsourcing is really your only option if you are heavily invested as an IT firm.

Amazon isn't just an IT company, it's an almost-everything company. With automation, the only thing that will matter is who patents the idea and has the skill set to train the machines. Protectionism doesn't breed IP or patents. Also, I'm not talking about outsourcing. We are moving thousands of people from their home country to the US to live here and work jobs where there were no qualified Americans. I'm talking high paying, critical thinking, value creating jobs. If it's really "ever changing," why do other countries have the skills and we don't? Clearly they saw something we didn't and are prepared. What's next that we'll be behind on? The answer isn't doctors, because we're already experiencing a shortage.

we are a pretty resilient country of people

So it nearly every other country with a decent economy. We are not special and saying something akin to "oh, we'll figure it out" isn't good enough.