On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:08:13 +0200, Stefan
wrote:

Taking a closer look it
turned out that by buying the German Mercedes they would create *more*
work in Switzerland, because the German Mercedes had much more Swiss
built parts than the Swiss Saurer...

And perhaps they broke down more often?

It has often struck me that the jobs lost to the American economy
through the Honda Accord are all maintenance jobs, since the Accord is
built in the U.S. and never breaks down.


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