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To: coug who wrote (29001)	9/27/2003 12:16:06 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

But then that will take away jobs in the long run. I think in the long run jobs would change, not go away. For every unskilled stable-hand who lost his pitchfork to the automobile another worker got a snappy cap and rag to wash the windshield as he asked "Regular or Ethyl?". Same would happen with robotics. First there would be jobs for skilled workers, but there would be plenty of people to clean the dripping oil from joints. The key is to keep the processes in America and the jobs and prosperity will follow. TP

To: coug who wrote (29001)	9/27/2003 1:30:18 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

As all improvements in technology increases productivity.. The Bush administration is overusing this excuse to cover up for their failed programs though. Productivity enhancements helped US companies compete especially in the 90s but in a lot of cases, what we are seeing now is not productivity improvements but labor reallocation that is being reported as productivity. There is more to productivity improvements than labor cost savings anyway. I'm not sure technology really took away the jobs we've lost. Mostly it just made industries more efficient, a different argument.