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1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-08 10:05 AM
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Why Manufacturing Still Matters
Good op-ed from Bill Ford, Jr. in today's Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/OPINION02/809240310/1070/OPINION
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-08 10:19 AM
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1. Ironic in that it matters to workers but not consumers
Edited on Wed Sep-24-08 10:19 AM by Winebrat
They'll almost always opt for the lower price which, unfortunately, can be manufactured overseas.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-08 11:14 AM
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2. Someday historians will talk about the rise of the M.B.A.s the
way we talk about the South Sea Bubble or the Tulip Fad - with total amazement that so many allowed themselves to be flim-flammed for so long.
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