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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying(Buying a Japanese car)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.160818.26080@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:08:18 GMT
- Article-I.D.: noose.1993Jan27.160818.26080
- References: <1993Jan20.221143.9065@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <SteveWall-210193171334@hipmac1.pica.army.mil> <CARL.93Jan26153758@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
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- In article <CARL.93Jan26153758@atlantis.Cayman.COM> carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl) writes:
- >
- >>Everyone seems to be missing a few really basic points in this
- >>discussion of our trade imbalance. First: population and
- >>productivity. Japan has a comparatively small population and high
- >>productivity. USA has a high population and lower productivity. So
- >
- >First, Japan has approximatly 50% the population of the US. I would
- >NOT consider that small!!!
- >
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- actually...last i heard japan's population was 218..or 238 million...not far
- behind our 265 million...of course...we have room to spread out here in
- america...land of the free..home of the energy taxes...hey...watch it clinton!
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