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But when Apple began making the $3,000 computer in Austin, Tex., it struggled to find enough screws, according to three people who worked on the project and spoke on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements.
In China, Apple relied on factories that can produce vast quantities of custom screws on short notice. In Texas, where they say everything is bigger, it turned out the screw suppliers were not.
Tests of new versions of the computer were hamstrung because a 20-employee machine shop that Apple’s manufacturing contractor was relying on could produce at most 1,000 screws a day.
Looks like corporate propaganda to me, and they didn't just send one stooge... they sent three guys to spread it. There's but one machine shop capable of manufacturing custom screws in the entire U.S. of A.? Laughable.
But then, if there's one thing Americans manufacture better than anyone else on earth it's superior justifications for greed.
Yep. The unions would demand that the manufacturer hires only union labor, charge 67 per hour labor and 35 per hour benefits so that some union slob can sit on his ass, push a button and turn out one screw every three and one-half minutes per the negotiated contract.