Replying to a message of Roy Witt to Bob Ackley:

 BK>>>  Why do you object to autoworkers earning a middle class wage?

 BA>> Because $40/hour plus benefits is too much to pay for what is
 BA>> basically unskilled labor.

 RW> In fact, unskilled labor should be getting minimum wage.

 BA>> Skilled craftsmen make less than that in most places.

 RW> Journeyman Tool & Die Makers don't make that much. Without them, there
 RW> woldn't be any mass production.

I've read that for many years Tool & Die making has been a dying art.  Apparently
nobody wants to get into that field.

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