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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Date: 4 Apr 2025 15:33:19 GMT
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In article <ccuvujpit0o8a9l38bv2h8vf03q52egf3b@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 17:29:31 -0400 (EDT), kludge@panix.com (Scott
>Dorsey) wrote:
>
>>Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Apple just announced that they are going to move all of their computer 
>>>plants to the USA and spend $500 billion here over the next four years. 
>>>I call that a win.  There are many more companies moving their 
>>>manufacturing back to the USA.  I call that a win.  Those will be lots 
>>>of high paying jobs.
>
><snippo notes on how the robots have /already/ taken over>
>
>>So... I am glad to see Apple bringing their plants back to the US, and I am
>>sure they will hire some people who will make good money, but I am under no
>>illusion that the kind of manufacturing jobs that we had in the seventies 
>>will ever come back because they don't exist any longer in any country.
>
>If they build the plants from stock, then they will also be pumping
>money into the local economy's construction segment. Which should help
>a lot, at least for a few years.
>
>This is what will eventually produce nations were almost nobody works,
>but everybody gets an income if only to keep the economy moving.

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