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2. It doesn't require skills to flip burgers.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:40 AM
Sep 2012

The jobs were outsourced years ago.

Here's a small example:

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Foreign and local machinery makers in China, the world's largest construction market, are struggling as the slowdown saps investment growth to 10-year lows. Falling profits have spurred firms to cut production or seek new clients.
Global leader Caterpillar Inc has started exporting Chinese-made machinery to the Middle East and Africa.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-approves-157-bln-infrastructure-093404338.html


Those jobs are gone forever, most likely.

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