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« on: January 25, 2012, 03:36:42 PM »

... We can get these jobs back. But we don't have the will.

No problem, the only way to get them back is to reduce the average wage to around $5/hour.  And the controllers certainly have the will to do that.. its coming soon.

Nonsense. If you read the article you'll see it's not about wages. It's about...

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We also have to be willing to pollute our environment like nobody's business.

We can compete for those jobs.  The real question is do we want to...

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2012, 07:56:23 PM »

Poor Germans and Japanese, dying of unmitigated pollution for their positive trade balances (Japan, not so much last year).



Too soon, dude.  Too soon.


Anyway very little of the iphone is built in Germany or Japan.  Look it up if you don't believe me.
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2012, 12:06:26 AM »

Poor Germans and Japanese, dying of unmitigated pollution for their positive trade balances (Japan, not so much last year).



Too soon, dude.  Too soon.


Anyway very little of the iphone is built in Germany or Japan.  Look it up if you don't believe me.

That was the effects of a natural disaster. It could have happened here; it doesn't pertain to pollution. As your point was, the pollution of Chinese manufacturing would clearly be replicated here. Your example is not industrial pollution.

It was a joke.
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