Mr. WESSEL: If Chinese workers were as productive as American workers, meaning if they - if the stuff they produced per hour of work were as valuable as the stuff that American workers produce, their wages would be much higher.

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As the business develops, local programming seems to take over the valuable slots and imported stuff gets relegated.

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Some of that stuff is now incredibly valuable.

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That is, the value of the stuff they produce is more valuable.

NPR: U.S. Productivity and Economic Forecasts

Spectrum is a valuable and finite resource, but it seems that Sprint has an overabundance of the stuff.

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