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To: DoodleDawg

I do, and I have ordered direct from Alibaba too saving $60 on a specialty computer keyboard ($60 less than Amazon). As for Amazon they market Chinese made junk as well, but while Amazon is steadily replacing workers with robots, Alibaba per this article actually plans to hire a million workers in the US.


25 posted on 01/09/2017 9:00:25 AM PST by libh8er
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To: libh8er

I don’t think we can stop the robotization. And I don’t think we really want to either.

Robotization is one of the reasons we need as many processes brought back to the US as we can. The more processes, the slower the impact on labor and the more jobs created implementing and managing the robotization.

But if robot driven automation creates huge labor dislocations, we may need more social programs to help people out. I know conservatives don’t like to hear that. But it’s the truth. On the other hand, until we have raised the tariffs and created jobs and production in the US, we can’t afford more safety nets.


31 posted on 01/09/2017 9:19:13 AM PST by DannyTN
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