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Most of the things that are built by robots and other machines are made in China and other various places. I'm sure there is some assembly required (read labor) but I'd rather keep my job as an accountant thank you. I work for a multinational corporation that manufactures in the US (ha) but our real money maker is in servicing-pure human capital-the product group we manufacture (make a lot of money overseas by the way).As for nothing being made in the US? Where do some of you live?Every day I drive over roads built in the US, the power flowing through my computer was made in US (with Pennsylvania mined coal + nuclear technology), my connection to the internet was delivered to me by a US based company who I know pays decent wages to local employees. The food I'll eat for breakfast will be US made. The soap I just used to wash my hands was made in the US as well as the toothpaste I used to brush my teeth. In addition the DVD I received in the mail yesterday was delivered by a U

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, is a $787 billion stimulus bill. One of the many provisions of the bill is to directly provide relief to millions on the COBRA plan or ex-employees who need COBRA coverage. This "COBRA stimulus plan" will provide enrollees a COBRA premium subsidy along with providing COBRA benefits to ex-employees who denied coverage.

Federal prosecutors have asked fraud investigators from the Labor Department and Postal Service to examine allegations that a former postal union official in Houston embezzled union funds.

A proposed U.S. law would require ISPs to store information about every user of their services and keep that data for at least two years in a bid to crack down on Internet-based predators and child pornographers.

WEEKLY ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION SATURDAY, February 21,2009 THE PRESIDENT: Earlier this week, I signed into law the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act -- the most sweeping economic recoveryplan in history....

Thousands of internet users will find nothing on their favourite website on Monday but a single image denouncing a controversial copyright law.Website owners of all political shades have agreed to 'dim the lights' on their web...