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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s all they gotta do.

Driving through Libby, Montana a few years ago I noted that the people looked poor, the cars were awful, the women looked like pillbillies.

Running cattle ain’t the business it used to be.

All I could think of was...what if little towns like that had the factories that thousands of Chinese towns now have?

The future would be far brighter for them. And companies like Apple would have to charge maybe 30 bucks more for an iphone.

Maybe.

Most people don’t know that Apple’s offshoring is the outgrowth of an article in the early 90’s advocating that Apple concentrate solely on software in the U.S. and offshore/outsource all their hardware which was deemed low value added. Many people at the time objected saying it was unpatriotic. But eventually they were all coopted and now Apple is basically a Chinese company.

Mr. Trump may be able to reverse all that, but he sure as hell has a lot of people hobbling him.


7 posted on 09/08/2018 4:00:01 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Regulator

Libby, Montana. Used to be a timber town. Then came the Spotted Owl.


36 posted on 09/09/2018 4:06:49 AM PDT by gogeo (No justice, no peace.)
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To: Regulator

Partner, we need to elect Republican that are for America and not your typical Rinos, which the Republican party currently has way too many.

I did hear that Apple is building something in Wisconsin but I did not get what type of plant they are building. I did hear that the investment in the State of Wisconsin was going to be around $30 Billion.

60 posted on 09/10/2018 5:25:24 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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