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dianec42 ([personal profile] dianec42) wrote2006-07-12 07:43 am

Wait, what?

MG Rover, now under Chinese ownership, is outsourcing 500 car manufacturing jobs.

To Oklahoma.

WTF, over?

[identity profile] xthread.livejournal.com 2006-07-12 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, man, you go where you get the biggest bang for your buck. It's not like software and pizza delivery can be the only things we're good at forever, right?

[identity profile] madbodger.livejournal.com 2006-07-12 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Too true. Contrary to popular opinion, US factory workers generally produce quality stuff. The US-build VWs ran just as well as the German ones, but had nicer paint, fit, and finish. Similarly with some of the US-built Japanese brand cars.