DepenRAB on where you live I guess. I saw manufacturing jobs vanish in middle GA in which a large nuraber of communities suffered and have far greater unemployment and poor as a result. Some new manufacturing came but not to the point where it was an even "wash". Simply telling these people to "get a high school diploma" won't do crap if there are literally no jobs there. I would hazard a guess that the majority do anyway.
Granted, they could move where there are jobs...