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To: Sam who wrote (140379)	7/6/2010 5:43:27 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 541457

Thanks, Sam. I read this this weekend and highly recommend it, too. Unless the country can reclaim some manufacturing jobs or create new industries that aren't then staffed offshore, all the money shifting the govt. is engaged in right now is just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. Acc. to the article, Apple has 250,000 foreign workers assembling its products in SE Asia and only 25,000 American employees running the show. That's just stunning when you think about it.

To: Sam who wrote (140379)	7/6/2010 5:47:51 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541457

Sam; Interesting article from the intel lesson. We should develop a system of financial incentives: Levy an extra tax on the product of offshored labor. I agree. What happened to the electronics industry, we are in danger of repeating - in biotech/health care. We lost the last eight years to the rest of the world - we best not lose many more years. Steve

To: Sam who wrote (140379)	7/6/2010 8:05:47 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541457

<<<Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs>>> Great article. I am a big Andy Grove fan. I invested in Intel in the early 1990s. I am in agreement that we need to create jobs here in the USA but I don't think Andy has any more real answers than anyone else. As I recall Andy was real big on developing strategic roadmaps but I don't see any hint of a roadmap here. On the one hand he says that our government should be willing to turn to protectionism if need be. On the other hand he reminds us of Hungary and the dangers of government inolvement.