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NY Post Editorial Board Calls for Restoring Pharmaceutical Production in Puerto Rico
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| March 9, 2020
| Jose Nino
Posted on 03/09/2020 6:42:28 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Its like the electronics industry. Machines populate and solder the circuit boards. We invented the machines. The labor involved in assembling a cell phone is mere pennies. So why are the Chinese making our cell phones?
Because labor isn't the entire picture for business costs. Sure, it's a big part of it, but you have to look at a lot of other factors that we have, that China doesn't/is much less: land costs, building costs, building codes, utilities, regulations - city ordinances, regulations - state law, regulations - federal law, regulations - all sorts of random agencies, environmental considerations, etc. Chinese-sourced materials (plastics, metals, etc) are also probably a lot cheaper (crappier quality though). Not to mention, a warehouse full of robots putting stuff together is a massive initial expense, and upkeep/maintenance/programming guys are much more than $1 an hour.
So is the overall "made-in-China" worth it? Apparently so, because a LOT of companies do it; and as they start divesting China, it's gonna be the Philippines and Malaysia and Africa and other cheap poor countries picking up the slack, I doubt much cheapcrap manufacturing is coming back to these US.
Side note, while yes, a lot of phones are Chinese, mine is not! :D Sony's XPeria line is all made in Japan, and a couple others (LG mainly) are made in SKorea.
To: FreedomPoster
and where the people look down their noses at Americanos
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03/09/2020 9:23:26 PM PDT
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blueplum
( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
To: lizma2; Roccus
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03/09/2020 9:32:29 PM PDT
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4Liberty
(BERNIE SANDERS: A CRUSTY, ANTI-AMERICAN WEIRDO. - Kurt Schlichter)
To: lizma2
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posted on
03/10/2020 12:34:03 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: CheshireTheCat
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:10:34 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
To: 4Liberty
Wasn’t that the postal worker’s house from HRC’s 2008 campaign?
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03/10/2020 4:28:43 AM PDT
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Roccus
(Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
To: Paladin2
Ahh yes. The famous Dynaco Amps. There are still a lot of Dynaco Amps in use today.
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posted on
03/10/2020 9:17:15 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
To: Roccus
The Paw house - I remember foreign money was laundered through it. Not a wealthy neighborhood, but thousands of dollars some how mysteriously “donated” to Clinton campaign.
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posted on
03/10/2020 3:27:13 PM PDT
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4Liberty
(BERNIE SANDERS: A CRUSTY, ANTI-AMERICAN WEIRDO. - Kurt Schlichter)
To: 4Liberty
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03/10/2020 4:58:59 PM PDT
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Roccus
(Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
To: CheshireTheCat
Tariffs on pharmaceuticals and their ingredients would encourage production startups all over the US, which would be a more robust solution.
You NEVER want any critical item sourced in just one place, even if it’s a big place like China.
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03/10/2020 5:05:32 PM PDT
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PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: CheshireTheCat
Why stop with Puerto Rico? Why not the entire US?
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posted on
03/10/2020 5:07:26 PM PDT
by
meyer
(WWG1WGA, MAGA!)
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