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Re:Jack Welch: China losing competitiveness. Must Create '10... by ippisl on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @03:08PM (#2970931)
The % of US wages doesn't make sense. many manufacturing workers in the US earn minimum wage , which is between $5.15-$8.5 per hour.

So the figure should be 15%-20% of US wages.

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Re:Jack Welch: China losing competitiveness. Must Create '10... by ww520 on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @06:04PM (#2971708)
Total cost? Health benefit, Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment insurance, etc?
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Re:Jack Welch: China losing competitiveness. Must Create '10... by corysama on Thursday September 08, 2011 @04:14PM (#2975495)
The chart at the bottom of the page pegs US manufacturing employees as costing $32.26/hour in 2008.
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