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- From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
- Subject: Re: "Dumping"
- Message-ID: <Bz8u5L.98A@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
- Organization: Quake Public Access
- References: <1992Dec10.151943.8126@cs.rochester.edu> <h0Q=GZ_@engin.umich.edu> <louis.724011004@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:53:40 GMT
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- In article <louis.724011004@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> louis@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Louis Schmittroth) writes:
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- >Did you know that the Apple PowerMate portable is manufactured entirely
- >in Japan? By Sony. Apple is becoming a "hollow" company. Apple
- >employees are not profiting by making portable computers.
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- >A healthy American (and Canadian) economy needs high-tech
- >*manufacturing* jobs, not just MacJobs.
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- Then you are saying that you are interested in having the government stop
- raising the cost of labor with things like plant closing laws, health
- insurance laws, minimum wage laws, family leave laws, pro-union laws, etc.
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- One thing I find interesting is that when news of changes for the better
- occur in employment, they are criticized by the left no matter what segment
- they occue in. If the new jobs are well-paying, they claim that this neglects
- the poor. If the growth is in low-wage jobs, they complain that it is "McJobs".
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- I should point out that high-tech manufacturing jobs are often quite low-wage
- jobs. Inserting circuit cards in slots, or assembling plastic cases, or
- inserting chips in boards is not particularly high-vlaue work.
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- --Brian
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