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To: bentway who wrote (685082)	11/15/2012 11:45:48 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577143

>> If we ONLY had employees willing to live in giant barracks and work for $.36 cents an hour! If we just followed the (R)'s lead, we could have that AGAIN, just as we did in the late 1800's! No one would suggest American workers should work for $0.76/hour. Surely, you understand that it makes no sense to compare wage rates in China with those in America. But there are certainly things our government could have done to bring jobs to the US. The cost differential could easily be computed and if you give AAPL tax credits, they will build factories in the US to build these devices. Money well spent. There is no reason every major outsourcing company couldn't be offered the same benefit to get jobs that are desirable to come here. Minimum wage is better than no wage.

To: bentway who wrote (685082)	11/16/2012 12:25:23 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577143

Ami Bera defeats Dan Lungren in close California race Posted by Ed O'Keefe on November 15, 2012 at 9:08 pm Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (R-Calif.). (washingtonpost.com) Democrat Ami Bera has ousted Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (R-Calif.) to represent a Sacramento-area congressional seat, according to the Associated Press. Bera’s lead has grown to more than 5,700 votes as officials continued counting 70,000 provisional and absentee ballots this week. As of today, Bera had 51.11 percent of the vote compared to Lungren’s 48.89 percent, according to the AP. The announcement of Bera’s victory comes at the end of orientation week for new House lawmakers — a process that Lungren is responsible for overseeing in his role as chairman of the House Administration Committee. That means that the man Bera worked to unseat has been training him on how to do his job. Despite the close margin, Bera and other candidates in uncalled races were invited to attend orientation this week in case they eventually win their races. With the Bera-Lungren race called, five House races — in Arizona, California, Florida, North Carolina and Utah — remain unresolved. The Democratic candidate leads in each race. washingtonpost.com