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    Labor shortages in notebook supply chain....

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Larry@LPC-Digital, Jan 29, 2010.

  1. Larry@LPC-Digital

    Larry@LPC-Digital Company Representative

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    Larry@LPC-Digital, Jan 29, 2010
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    These companies should perhaps invest in the US for once. We've got 10% unemployment and I'm sure many would be happy to assemble computers.
     
    5150Joker, Jan 29, 2010
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    Karnaugh49 Notebook Geek

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    Heck ya. Bring it over here. We will put them together! Get America some jobs.

    -K
     
    Karnaugh49, Jan 29, 2010
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    Lol. Outsource from USA to Asia and back to USA. Seems very (counter) productive to me. Commence economics flame war:
     
    hyperbolic, Jan 29, 2010
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    I am all for bringing jobs to the U.S., but I wonder how many here would be against it when they realize their $3000 laptop would cost $3500 because someone is making $10 an hour putting it together versus $1 a day.
     
    Noctilum, Jan 30, 2010
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    Outsourcing this to USA is NEVER gonna happen unless the dollar becomes near worthless, or if people are willing to start working for $1/hour, neither of which I see happening anytime soon.
     
    Cookie, Jan 30, 2010
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    I was thinking the very same thing When I started reading this thread.

    The problem also is weather or not you could get enough people willing to take the $10 hour in this country to begin with.
     
    othonda, Jan 31, 2010
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