Posted on 05/03/2014 5:25:48 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Your sarcasm pretty well sums up the liberal talking points. :-)
However, I did buy an American made care from an American manufacturer. Although I had to hold my nose over the UAW label (and I won't fault anyone for refusing to do likewise), that helped save a few jobs.
I've also managed to find made in USA clothes during that time span. What else? Tires made in USA. Software manufactured in the USA. I can't put a jobs created number on that, but it all helps to keep jobs in the US. And I don't see my personal finances as being any worse off because of it.
Like I said ... it's a very difficult issue, and it isn't going to be "fixed" anytime soon.
The next few decades really just saw the rest of the world catching up, that's all.
That’s the story, anyway. Respectfully, I really think it is more than that. What we had was “sustainable” (I hate that word, but it applies). What we’re doing now is not (obviously).
Where we went off the rails was all this globalization stuff. There were plenty of imports & they were cheap. Many were quite dependable- German/ Scandinavian furniture, Toyota to name two. That was fine.
The problem was when American companies began contracting & literally moving their production overseas. I was in my early 20s when either Levis or Farah moved their manufacturing to the Caribbean. I was apolitical & didn’t have a brain in my head, but even I knew it wasn’t a good thing. I felt betrayed. Then, the price went up & the quality went down. I haven’t bought Levis in years.
Here’s the rub: those other countries now have the income to purchase/ support the things *they* produce. We have high unemployment, so we do not.
The whole US is becoming Detroit. I don’t think that’s hyperbole. It’s simple logic.
Now, I have to search- hard, to even get produce grown in the US. Last week, I gave up on getting onions. Onions. In Texas (& I am Really. Ticked.) I get mad every time “Bob” or “Susie” answer the customer service phone & it’s clear they don’t understand a word I’m saying. And I often give it up & muddle through on my own (if I can).
But this is wrong. Our country is collapsing around our ears & we’re getting ripped off. I can’t just say “Oh well. This s just the way it is”. It didn’t happen “naturally”. There was/ is a concerted effort to *invest* in these *other countries” & throw our own away.
I may do without, but I am not going along.
I figured that was your point, but my point is that I made it profitable for the companies that manufacture here by buying their products. It’s very simple, we made it profitable to outsource by buying the cheaper foreign made products, and we can make it profitable to make them here by buying them.
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