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Originally Posted by tater
I think the idea that many, if not most consumer goods (NOT services) are imported is not far-fetched in terms of units, not dollars.
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But the manufacture of 767's means a hell of a lot more to an economy. A t-shirt may require one person to work the sewing machine that makes the shirt and another to work the screen print press that puts the silly cartoon character on it. Both are menial low skill, low wage positions that can turn out thousands of shirts a day/week/whatever.
Think of the thousands of highly skilled, highly paid workers (read: jobs) that are involved in the manufacture of a 767. Think of the intricate and complicated process it is to manufacture just one jet.
There's more value to an economy in high skill and technical jobs rather than basic manufacturing. The number of units is irrelevant.