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    :: Monday, February 16, 2004 ::

    Special Report: Jobs in an evolving economy By GREG BARRETT, MarionStar
    To the lowest bidder go the lowest paying jobs
    'Sad thing is that I can remember when we used to put a label on the boxes and on the bikes that said something like, 'Made Proudly in America,'' said Larry Stelzer, a former Huffy accountant who now works as Mercer County's director of economic development.

    The American label used to be a powerful marketing tool, he said.

    'Now it has just been thrown out the window.'
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