Here is a link to Rush take on this story for those who want to compare and contrast with the DUmmies.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/01/23/why_apple_can_t_make_iphones_in_americaBREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: By the way, that Apple story, that iPhone story in the New York Times, that is an attempt by the New York Times, that's an attack on Apple. I want you to understand, I shoulda said that at the outset. That 14-page story is an attack on Apple. Let me give you a quote from early in the piece by a guy named Jared Bernstein, who, until last year, was an economic adviser to the White House. He said, "Apple’s an example of why it’s so hard to create middle-class jobs in the U.S. now. If it’s the pinnacle of capitalism, we should be worried." Apple is an example of why we can't create middle-class jobs. So here's Steve Jobs, Apple, big Obama supporter, here comes the regime going after Apple for not making iPhones in America, gets the New York Times on the case.
END TRANSCRIPT
and of course a few more out takes from our friends on the left just to present a fairly unbalanced approach.
whathehell (8,167 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. Usual reason?...US workers have the "nerve" to want unions and/or a 1st world wage?
Jobs hated unions...So much so, that many members of the Disney Board he sat on,
asked for him to be kicked off.
"... “We sell iPhones in over a hundred countries,†a current Apple executive said. “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems. Our only obligation is making the best product possible.â€
Such a lovely sentiment...It's why Americans of that calibre should lose their citizenship and have to pay TARIFFS to sell their stuff over
here.
Poor old Steve Jobs. First Limbaugh uses his product now this!
newblewtoo (342 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
8. Does anyone wonder why this is so?
Apple’s executives had estimated that about 8,700 industrial engineers were needed to oversee and guide the 200,000 assembly-line workers eventually involved in manufacturing iPhones. The company’s analysts had forecast it would take as long as nine months to find that many qualified engineers in the United States.
I am no fan of Apple. But, before I retired in 2005, it was becoming increasingly difficult to find enough math qualified people that wanted to go into a manufacturing career. Lots of people wanted to take the pay which ranged from $17-25 per hour but most couldn't pass a simple math requirement of about 9th grade algebra.
Rotten mole. How dare you make such a claim?
whathehell (8,167 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
15. Nope...It Sounds like typical corporate BS "reason" for hiring younger, cheaper and/or foreign
"The company’s analysts had forecast it would take as long as nine months to find that many math qualified people
that wanted to go into a manufacturing career."
Really?...Excuse me if I'm cynical about that -- US companies have been caught ON TAPE, "teaching"
H.R. Employees how to skirt/break our Employment laws, so that they can "insource" foreigners on H1-B Visas.
As former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich was quoted as saying in "America: Who Stole the Dream",
by Pulitzer prize winners Barlett and Steele, "The whole system is fraught with abuse".
If it IS true, than perhaps the government shouldn't be UNDER-FUNDING public education the way
they've been for the last 30 years.
So this is the result of underfunding education? Sperrronnnngggggg
joshcryer (31,211 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
20. I call total BS on Apple's claim that they need "skilled labor."
This is rote manufacturing, put someone on a training cubicle for one week, they will freaking know the task that is assigned to them with incredible accuracy. This is China using the tried and true assembly line method pioneered by people like Ford. It does not require skilled labor.
Wait, you mean all those high paid UAW guys are ~ unskilled? Oh dear, that will never do.
Careful. Next thing you know:
You'll have the UAW claiming that putting a tire on a car is a skill,
the SEIU claiming that changing sheets is a skill,
the NEA claiming that teaching is a skill,
..and god knows how many miners claiming that swinging a pick is a skill.
So, think about this carefully: What does "skill" mean to you? And do those workers need protection from exploitation
Food fight!