### Comment:
So? Just because we don't get as many raw jobs numbers out of it doesn't mean we shouldn't have it.  
  
 And even if the manual jobs go away, there are still a lot of other jobs that revolve around that. Manufacturing engineers, logistics, accounting, sales, marketing, etc.  
  
 This argument to me always seemed like someone at a movie company arguing against animated films because the actors and film crews won't have anything to do.

### REPLY:
This is a communications issue. I should have said 
  
 &gt; IP theft is a separate issue from trying to protect American manufacturing **jobs** from (inevitably) dying out. 
  
 And in case you were going to ask, no I don’t consider engineers/logistics/accounting to be manufacturing jobs, and no I don’t think those professions are going anywhere.

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