Lasivian said:Each time you buy something at Walmart, each time you drive your car, Each time you decide not to save money, each time you buy anything made in China you increase these numbers.
mrs.oroblanco said:Thanks - I bookmarked that also.
Here is a question, now that you can actually see what the numbers are:
How has all this personally affected your lives? What is different now than, say, 2 years ago?
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mrs.oroblanco said:Thanks for the reply, Goodyguy,
So, it has affected you by making you worried about your job? (I see your state's statistics and your company's statistics).
I think we really have to think about why everything is made in China. There are very few American products that are better than the competitions,
but they get paid 5 times as much to make it. (it's not just the taxes).
Wal~Mart, the famous punching bag, is as big as they are because people buy their goods - plain and simple. And, in this day and age, everyone is looking for the biggest bang for the buck - everything from store brands (which many do not come from America, by the way), to 99 cent stores, to "factory outlets" (which, by the way, sell overseas goods also).
90% of the industries we have lost were gone overseas a long time ago - not just the last 2 years. Shoes - gone 30 years ago, women's blouses, gone about 25 years ago, steel - gone about 15 years ago.
Most multi-million dollars business in the United States - Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Sears, Kimberly Clark - the big guys, have multi-national businesses. They don't just sell to other nations, they MAKE product in other nations - everywhere from China, to Mexico.
I don't care who is in office - its not going to stop now. I believe the only way to make a leveler playing field, and still keep our highest in the world salaries, is to pay tariffs on ALL products that are made across the oceans and are sold here, even if the main office is still in the United States. If it's made in another country, it pays a tariff. (yes, I know this is very controversial, but I see no other way to make companies (big companies, because the small guy always works and produces here, for the most part). And, as far as I'm concerned, it is still free trade - they are free to sell and trade here - but it has to have an "inspection fee" (tariff), and we SHOULD inspect them, because we are getting too much garbage from other places - hmm - melamine in your cereal? Yes, please.
Plus, we can hire the manpower needed to inspect the garbage, so, more jobs.
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mrs.oroblanco said:Thanks for the reply, Goodyguy,
So, it has affected you by making you worried about your job? (I see your state's statistics and your company's statistics).