> Am 09 Aug 17  11:48:40 schrob BOB ACKLEY an GERHARD STRANGAR zum Thema 
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> BA> It is cheaper to import NAILS into this country than it is to make them
> BA> here.  Since almost no labor is involved in making nails the
problem must
> BA> be government regulation.
> 
> But if almost no labor is involved, then where would the lost jobs be?
> 
> BA>  Would you pay 50 Dollars
> >> for one T-shirt instead of a 10-pack if they were made by US sewers?
> BA> Seamstresses.  Sewers are something else .  And no, I wouldn't.
> 
> http://www.insidejobs.com/careers/industrial-sewer
> "Industrial Sewers commonly work in large factories, surrounded by
other people
> who also use sewing machines."

I know what you meant, but the word "sewer" in this country usually means
a plumbing system that carries away waste from toilets.
 
> BA> I live on the side of a 158-acre corn field (usually corn, sometimes
> BA> soybeans).  The farmer can harvest that whole field in one day, one guy
> BA> in one combine and one guy driving loads of grain back to the base for
> BA> storage in bins.
> 
> And that's where your jobs have gone and they're not coming back.

I know that.  But our professional politicians keep promising higher
wages (some are pushing for $15/hour minimum - about double what it is
now) and more jobs.  Of course they never follow through on the promises.

Those pushing for doubling the minimum wage should take note of the
recent appearance of self-service kiosks in fast food restaurants.  Those
kiosks will eliminate a lot of those minimum wage jobs.