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To: tacticalogic
Seriously? You think we should offshore all of our manufacturing?

Please enlighten us on the American-made devices that you apparently own.

Anyway, why would any American company want to manufacture such sophisticated devices here? Are you aware of the taxes and regulations that U.S. companies are subjected to when they manufacture here? Maybe we can address that with the government.

Then you have the labor unions, looking to attach themselves, like leeches, to any U.S. company daring to put manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

Lastly, many people seem to have a quaint "Laverne & Shirley" idea about what manufacturing jobs are actually like. It's not like the TV shows or Bruce Springsteen songs. Factories are not pleasant places to work. I certainly wouldn't want that for my children. Fortunately however, even those Chinese factory workers will soon have better career choices to aspire to. Robotics are quickly automating the factories of the world and it will no longer be necessary for humans to be directly involved in manufacture. This will continue to drive costs down even more, as robots don't call in sick, bitch and complain, get hurt, and form unions.

44 posted on 02/15/2015 9:50:21 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
Anyway, why would any American company want to manufacture such sophisticated devices here? Are you aware of the taxes and regulations that U.S. companies are subjected to when they manufacture here? Maybe we can address that with the government.

There wasn't any qualifications about what the company manufactures in the post I responded to. It simply wished that all American companies would follow Apple's lead and do what they do.

That would mean offshoring virtually all of our manufacturing capacity, for everything.

45 posted on 02/15/2015 9:57:10 AM PST by tacticalogic
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