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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by JumpCrisscross on Friday September 27, 2024 @12:38AM (#41666298)
> Labor is much more expensive in the US than elsewhere. That is the overwhelming burden in every industry

This is true. But it’s not the root cause for our shipbuilding problems. Our dockworkers and shipbuilders are uniquely inefficient.

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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by wakawaka28 on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:22AM (#41671589)
Maybe our dockworkers and shipbuilders are dragging to extend contracts that they only got due to protectionist laws to begin with. If they had more work to do and more experience, they might become more efficient.
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