On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Noah Sombrero wrote: > I am sure that intel chips are designed here, not far from the Burlingame > district of Portland where I live, but when I go to the local computer parts > store and buy a chip, it says made in Mexico, Malaysia, etc.
Go out TV Highway near SW 209th. For about a mile along the highway is a massive chip plant. There's another at Hawthorn Farm in Hillsboro, along with the design facility. > Just be aware that the tennies that cost you $100+ were manufactured for > .25 by a person who earns $2 a day. Sweatshop is a matter of definition, > of course. Sweatshop refers to the working conditions, not the pay rate. And the places where Nike's paying $2/day, many other people are making $1.50/day and surviving on it. Trust me, you woulda heard the watchdog groups throwing a shitfit within the last 8 years if it was any other way. > Conservatives would be funny, if they weren't so tragic. I agree. http://votesocialist.org/ -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
