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Subject: Re: Apple announces $500 billion investment in US
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:16:09 +0100
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On 24.02.25 22:07, Your Name wrote:
> On 2025-02-24 18:57:13 +0000, badgolferman said:
>> Hey 51, the news article is about Apple and their commitment to
>> bringing manufacturing back to the US.  That's a big deal no matter
>> what compelled them to make that decicion.
> 
> Certainly a "big deal" ... Apple's prices will rise because American 
> workers simply won't accept being paid $2.50 per hour like the Chinese 
> and Indian workers do.  :-\

Expensive labor can be replaced with capital (expenditure). That is
exactly what Apple is planning.

That is an announcement and not more. It is primarily announced to
please the government. They would/will spend it anyway meaning it is not
incremental.


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