Automation, you might have heard about it!

Nov 15, 2006 13:26

In today's WSJ Senator-elect Jim Webb details why he is a Democrat.

Pssst...Jim! There's this concept called "automation". You know, where robots do welding and you use materials like plastics that can be molded into the precise shape you need...things that reduce the number of workers required to manufacture a product. It also allows you to ( Read more... )

jim webb, economics

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pogo101 November 15 2006, 18:39:50 UTC
Jim Webb? More like Ned Ludd.

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it_gurl November 15 2006, 19:35:40 UTC
That would save us from the Cylon threat...

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luprand November 16 2006, 04:38:01 UTC
That's why my brother-in-law left one of his jobs. The union had their hands so tightly around the managements whatsits that they were required to do very little at a time ... he finally got sick of the boredom waiting to be allowed to tighten another screw.

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