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From: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: US consumer electronics industry
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Date: 1 Oct 89 15:36:05 GMT
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Would any one care to comment on what the actual benefits to the nation
are in having assemply work done here. What percentage of the
profits from the sale of the products stays in the usa as opposed to
an equivalant product (which does not exist) designed
built and sold by an Americal company in the US.

Just asking

dave
David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele:
215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-274-8192;  Cellular:  302-740-
1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the
sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman