Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Apr 17 2025 08:16:00

> As you've suggested, the problem with bringing manufacturing back
> to the USA is that the difference in what you pay your workers
> compared to what people in China, India or Mexico make will greatly
> increase the cost of those things UNLESS you go to much more
> automated assembly plants which will lower the cost but won't
> create the jobs that Trump keeps talking about.

That seems to be the trend.  Amazon recently announced a huge expansion
program to get distribution centers closer to the American consumers.  The
plan for these new centers is that they will be mostly automated and not
create the quantity of jobs they might once have done.


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