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Posted by Bill from MA on March 10, 2005 at 09:11:24 from (24.63.81.245):
In Reply to: OT Tech Nations posted by dr.sportster on March 10, 2005 at 05:52:38:
The world is just changing.... In New England we had huge mills making all kinds
of textiles and shoes. They all shut down and moved to the Carolinas in the 1950's. They have all since moved off-shore and the same thing is happening with other jobs. (I'm a laid-off software eng myself.). We all want a $2.00 tee shirt at Walmart, not $40 at Maceys..... I read a funny article in a business paper months ago, "horse shoers in 1900 (maybe alittle earlier)
could not imagine (approx) 1925 but looking back noone would of wanted to pass a law to stop the manuf. of automobiles. This same shift is happening today, we understand
the economics of it but do not know what the future will be. Education is definetly an issue. Assumimg the rest of the world is not as smart as we are is a huge mistake. I am old enough to remember when you could earn a living and buy a home working in manuf. (I'm in the 495 belt outside of Boston). A small house here in the 1970's...maybe $30,000. Not anymore. Today the average is closer to $300,000.00 Now I believe Dell assembles all it's desktop PC
is the US, so it is not impossible to manuf. here
either but for a quick reduction in costs outsourcing is an option. Bill
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