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Mopar151

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33. It's not just the money

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 01:05 AM

May 2012

It's the cost in manager blood when the Chinee slip another batch of junk past the "lean, certified-ship-to-stock" inspection process, and then you have to pay American wages to, and worse (from many points of view) associate and interact with American workers who really can do the work to fix all the crap. And it was late to start with.

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Factories begin to shift back to US [View all] alp227 May 2012 OP

Expect Boehner, McConnell and their merry band of idiots to fight Obama on this one too ffr May 2012 #1

Obama has been begging these companies to come back. It's finally working with no credit in the M$M. freshwest May 2012 #2

Carrot and stick--sounds good to me... MADem May 2012 #3

And yet ... Igel May 2012 #27

Bain Capital Rain Mcloud May 2012 #4

"reshoring" gateley May 2012 #5

But I thank you for doing so. Amster Dan May 2012 #25

making things is better than financialization Jerry Frey May 2012 #6

Pretty amazing. Wtg Obama. n/t deacon May 2012 #7

I consider this the best news I've heard in months. SleeplessinSoCal May 2012 #8

Obama offered this in the stimulus package but it was "compromised" away. fasttense May 2012 #9

I like this one. Kingofalldems May 2012 #10

And yet, according to the article: Art_from_Ark May 2012 #11

No, it is happening more and more, particularly in Software Big_Mike May 2012 #26

From what I heard this was happening at Navistar too. LiberalFighter May 2012 #34

Good news, but doesn't this give corps ammo BadgerKid May 2012 #12

Will they... GTurck May 2012 #13

The Article sites Caterpillar as returning to the US ccavagnolo May 2012 #18

Article: ccavagnolo May 2012 #19

Romney can't be too happy about this. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2012 #14

Raw Money liberalnationalist May 2012 #16

You will NOT hear it on the corporate media Iliyah May 2012 #15

Sure. Shadowflash May 2012 #17

I hate to say it... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #29

Not many new jobs OnlinePoker May 2012 #20

This has been predicted now for a few years, for several reasons NickB79 May 2012 #21

No matter. Igel May 2012 #28

Now that the wages have been cut in half! rubberducky May 2012 #22

Trickle down sucks Koch's VOTE DEMOCRATIC. xtraxritical May 2012 #23

Yep. n/t progressoid May 2012 #32

Someone needs to go on TV and tell people Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #24

American workers have been SO beaten down.. for SO long... lib2DaBone May 2012 #30

Not many of these jobs make a buck or two above minimum wage these days may3rd May 2012 #31

It's not just the money Mopar151 May 2012 #33