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Re:U.S. senators propose 25% tax credit for semiconductor ma... by jeswin on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:25PM (#27566191)
But if they're willing to work for cheap, wouldn't they be worse off without the manufacturing? I mean, those people are already struggling and bringing manufacturing doesn't change that.
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Re:U.S. senators propose 25% tax credit for semiconductor ma... by sobani on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:53AM (#27577433)
Yes. But the question is not whether people in Shenzen are better off with those manufacturing jobs, but whether it people in _the US_ would be better off if the manufacturing came back.

So then either you have to 'force' people to take Shenzen-laborer level wages in the US, or the costs of manufacturing in the US will be higher than in Shenzen.

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