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Re:"Americans sense that something is wrong with the places ... by powera on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @10:23PM (#2010996)
"Labour used to be much cheaper." - with 10% unemployment in the US (that's higher if you use more accurate measures), I'm not quite sure why the reason for this would be a lack of available labor.
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Re:"Americans sense that something is wrong with the places ... by kgermino on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:59PM (#2011160)
Unfortunately with modern day unions and minimum wage laws high unemployment doesn't translate into lower wages, at least not for craftsmen.
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Re:"Americans sense that something is wrong with the places ... by jacques_chester on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:16PM (#2011090)
I didn't say "lack of labour", I said "cost of labour".
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