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[--Pete]

Hi,

What I'm saying is the due to a pretty constant consumer price for a widget, industrial nations, in order to compete with cheap labor are forced to produce more widgets with less labor. For example, we still make automobiles in the US. In order to do so, we must be doing more with less. Otherwise, they would all be made in areas with lower labor costs. Making circuit boards however is expensive when you need to worry about reclamation of toxic waste, so we don't do much of that in the US.

To underscore this point, not only do American auto manufacturers make cars in the USA, but so do a number of foreign manufacturers, thus indicating that, even with expensive labor, it's still cheaper to build cars here. And the reason is, of course, automation and the availability of people with skills greater than that of a monkey that can keep automated lines working.

And eppie, I don't like calling people fools in general, just when they are fools. The difference between you and me is that when someone tells me I'm wrong, I check it out. As often happens, they are right and I've learned something. From your posting on this site over the years, it's obvious you've learned nothing since you learned to suck on a tit. Whether that's stupid or stubborn doesn't matter, either way, you are a buffoon.

--Pete