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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.arch
Subject: Re: GATT declares U.S. - Japan chip pact illegal
Message-ID: <21051@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 88 23:34:56 GMT
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In article <5333@pyr.gatech.EDU> ccasttd@pyr.UUCP (Thomas M. Dixon Jr.) writes:
>Do we really want to be a part of the "World Economy"?  I would like to think
>of that.  If the US becomes part of the world economy, we all become members.
>That means that after everything equalizes out, the average salary in the US
>will be a lot closer to the world average.  And that ain't much, I'll tell you.

You're assuming that it's a win/lose game. That for others to do better,
we have to do worse. But that is not so. The whole purpose of trade is
for the people who do something best to be able to concentrate on it.

How productive would you be if you had to build your own computer
before you can program it? Sure I pay money to Compaq or whoever, but
I get much more than my money's worth. 

When everything equalizes out, everyone should be much better off an
an absolute scale. If the Japanese are better off on a relative scale
because American don't work as hard, well that's life. 


-- 
 I love my VT-320.

I speak for myself, not the company.
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com