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Gene GeRue wrote:

> Yes. It is obvious that the definition of manufacturing has changed  
> substantially. 

Today at work I had need to change the printer cartridge in the 
laserjet.  It was a Hewlett Packard printer.  When I opened the front of 
the printer, I happened to notice that it said "Assembled in the USA" 
and had an Idaho location.  So while I had the thing apart, I began 
looking at parts...everything, was Made in China, including the new 
cartridge I was putting on.
I'm pretty sure that printer falls under the definition of manufactured 
in the US, but it was anything but that.  Assembling foreign parts is 
not the same.  But, I suppose, it is a minimum wage job for someone.

Bev

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