this topic really has the hot button.....from what i believe are mostly normal every day working folks who represent main stream america...john dee'ers.
So what disturbs me is the basic "darn it, there is nothing i can do about it so...i am going to join them and who cares" attitude.
We are fools if we do not see that the enemy is not them....it is us!
If we didn't buy it...they would not sell it. This is worth repeating....
If we didn't buy it...they would not sell it.
Global is the market because we americans, buy globally...and why? Because we think that the product is the best, or the cheapest, or that has the best service department...on and on...when we should really be thinking....gosh...what happens if i do buy this product not made in the usa??
Let's not forget about good old fashion corporate greed too, since no company is willing to work for at respectable 25 or 40% profit...it needs to be 2,000 % or forget it. (who gets to pocket the $45k for the chinese tile??...and have yah really looked to see if you can find it made in the usa at a reasonable price...thereby helping your bottom line and the guy who makes the tile and who will someday need you to lay it for him??? See how many chinese come a call'n for you...eh?)
frankly this process has disturbed me since i saw the tv industry we had in this country disappear because japan decided they wanted it, and they (their country) supported that process mainly thru companies like sony who were issued grants (not loans like we stupid americans provide) from their countries to subsidize their industry and then they brought the products over to the usa where everyone saw how good they were and how cheap and reliable they were and flocked to them leaving the companies like rca, zenith, magnavox, and others left holding the bag.
In those days, the companies just went out of business. Now they pack up those machines and move to 3rd world countries where they do not pay health care, or pensions, or over-time, or have government restrictions...and where they can produce a vacuum cleaner for $7 but import them here and sell them for 3 easy payments of $40...with money back guaranty...including shipping.
We all looked at those tv's and said...screw it...it is a superior tv, and the heck with the american companies ----who is going to miss them anyway???---
while that happened back in the "early globalization" days....today the trickle has become a gusher!!
If we didn't buy it they couldn't sell it. Simple as that.
While we all stand there and stare at the balloon that is deflating...and say gee whizz....we can't do anything about it!
Once we americans wake up...take the extra step to find out who in the usa is still making this thing i need to buy, and then pay the extra cash for it...knowing that the cash you spend will stay here and come back around to support your job....then we will have turned a corner.
I know american stuff has been often substandard...and often the most expensive compared to the cheap knock-off stuff that is half the price.
But............it is by far.....more important that we support american made products.
We might find that many of the things that "left the country" such as everything from toasters, to shovels....come back here again and start building them here again. This provides needed work, for workers who spend money buying our stuff, which keep our jobs going...get it??
but that won't happen until our attitude changes. And if you think there is nothing you can do about it....then i feel sorry for you...because as the saying says....if your not part of the solution...then you are part of the problem.
United we stand....divided...we fall...and brother...right now you better start looking for your parachute...because the bombay doors are beginning to open...which translates into just one thing that should hit you like a door in the face....your job is next! Now repeat after me....."hello...i am new to this job....welcome to walmart...sir, can i grab a cart for yah???" those walking and talking tall, will need to study these words because it is fundamental to their next job!
When we tell polaris...to take a hike...when we tell skidoo....not in my life time...when we tell orix xl, to take his vacuum cleaners and sell them to the chinese....we won't see anything positive come from this globalization process in the long run. Period!