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Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by oblio on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @08:32AM (#17345960)
Even better, they will re-open the factory but because of better tech, instead of the 5000 employees from 20-30 years ago, they'll have just 100, many of which will be either remote or specialists who move in for this exact position. Not the 5000 local blue collar workers :)
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Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by throwawayjava on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @12:54PM (#17348300)
Advances in manufacturing automation is actually the strongest argument in favor of rebuilding a domestic manufacturing base.
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Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by oblio on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:24AM (#17354007)
Yeah, but are tariffs the best way to achieve this?
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