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The Rising Middle Finger | 39 comments (39 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Yup indeedie (4.00 / 2)
In the 1980s the US plant was obsolete and needed to be replaced.  Plant cost was the same no matter where they parked it so they went off-shore to be able to buy labor in a low wage rate environment, e.g., Indonesia, and sell in high wage rate markets and pocket the difference.

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by ATinNM on Tue Jul 12th, 2016 at 06:29:09 PM EST
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