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Originally Posted by fbodfather
Lastly - I will quote someone from another site:
"...It's time for everyone to think of "US" rather than "ME"....."
Now THAT'S a wise man -- because THAT'S what got us thru two World wars........
Time to wake up America!
Our standard of living isn't free -- you'd better start thinking of what's in OUR (meaning U.S.) best interests............
Don't like GM? Then at least consider a Ford or A Chrysler -- you're helping everyone out.
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Scott, this is exactly what I have been telling people since the mid 70's when I got laid off from my first real job.
Too many people shop using their own back pocket as their guide instead of thinking about what they may be doing to themselves in the future. I suggest that BEFORE we lose our jobs we need to look around our homes and in our driveways.. what you see is many years of not caring where something was made but how much you had to pay for it. Not only are the Government and American companies at fault for the problems we have, but us the consumers.
Everything you buy has an impact on someone else. and eventually it will trickle down to you....
Just think about why so many companies have been forced to move their manufacturing overseas? The biggest reason, in my opinion is it started with the Consumer's demands for less expensive products, while their unions and themselves demand higher wages. You cannot buy cheaper foreign goods, and demand that the American businesses pay you more money. To compete American companies had to cut costs, and they way they did that was in the quality of their products. That made sales fall even farther because the foreign companies had more revenue to improve their quality. Then to further compete, American companies started moving to countries where the labor force was cheaper and fewer government regulations.
That is what started it all, and now we have ourselves in a Hole where it will be virtually impossible for manufacturers to bring production back here...
I have had a couple Ideas.
1. Make all manufacturers, foreign or domestic, meet the same environmental laws as any company operating in the USA.
2. Require like pay for like work by any company doing business in the USA.
3. Require Foreign governments to reduce tarriffs on American products so they can be competitively priced with their domestic products.
Removing incentives to manufacture overseas is a need we have, along with making foreign companies play by the same rules our companies have to play by.