[X4U] Re: 35mm Slide Scanner for OS X iMac

[Neil]

On Jan 17, 2008, at 12:51 AM, Ed Gould wrote:

> On Jan 16, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Ed wrote:
>>
>>> Tom wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Wow, that's a thousand slides scanned
>>>>  for less than the cost of a scanner!
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, but read it closely. They send the slides to India. That  
>>> means less jobs here. Cheap may be OK in some cases but don't  
>>> forget to factor in the loss of jobs here. That leads to  
>>> escalation of higher taxes and other unneeded people out of work  
>>> conditions.
>>
>>
>> It's a myth. The world economy is a closed system. What is India  
>> going to do with dollar bills? They could always use them to  
>> cushion their mattresses but ultimately they must submit them to  
>> purchase U.S. goods. So you either mix photo chemicals or build  
>> weapons. Besides the scanner won't be made by U.S. labor either.
>>
>
> Tell that tio the unemployed thousands that used to have jobs here  
> and now the company employees people ov er in Inda. The people left  
> here cannot find work except at a fast food restaurant.

Is working in a restaurant such a big step down from standing in  
front of a scanner feeding slides?  Even so, I can't believe that  
there are really thousands of Americans who planned to make a career  
out of scanning film and then lost their jobs to India. 
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