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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: willcousa who wrote (7575)	10/17/2003 9:49:23 AM
From: robert b furman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Hi Will, Right. The vast majority of money made is by design and distribution. The sweaty act of manufacturing is competeitive and has very small margins that are constantly kept under pressure. The manufacturing loss of jobs is most often a cry from a unionized group of non competitive workers. This cry is heard most often during election periods and it is embraced by whoever is NOT in power. It is a boge worry about the GLOBAL marketplace evolving. JMHO Bob As a marketer of a domestic auto manufacturer I have been on the displaced side of this efficiency.It is not fun - but it does provide for a better product and great competition - which is good in any consumers viewpoint. I think I have a fairly unbiased viewpoint on this.I have suffered from it and still see its value.