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One way to generate more manufacturing jobs!

Feb 19, 2004 9:48PM PST
In the New Economics: Fast-Food Factories?
>> The latest edition [of the Economic Report of the President, a thick annual compendium of observations and statistics on the health of the United States economy], sent to Congress last week, questions whether fast-food restaurants should continue to be counted as part of the service sector or should be reclassified as manufacturers.<<
Sounds like Bush and co. have been taking lessons from George Orwell and Ronald "catsup is a vegetable" Reagan!

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Re: more manufacturing jobs -- sorry: NYTimes login
Feb 19, 2004 9:51PM PST

speakeasygang, pw= speakeasy.

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ROTFL! ! !
Feb 19, 2004 11:22PM PST

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Re:One way to generate more manufacturing jobs!
Feb 19, 2004 11:40PM PST

And of course the pay will be adjusted??

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Feb 19, 2004 11:58PM PST
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Perhaps a valid question?
Feb 20, 2004 1:37AM PST

Where do candy "manufacturers" get placed when they are considered?

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Re: Perhaps a valid question?
Feb 20, 2004 2:18AM PST

Hi, James.

I'm not sure -- but I do know that the pay and benefits of the average Hershey worker are a LOT higher than those of the average McJob.

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{nt} OK, maybe, but what does pay scale have to do with it? ?
Feb 20, 2004 3:03AM PST
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