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Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy by Y_Y on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @10:27AM (#16529376)
See also: cost disease[0], the reason why tv repairmen and similar naturally become unaffordable over time, relative to new tvs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease

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Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy by Gravityloss on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @09:32PM (#16533891)
Also we tax labor a lot more than imports.
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