don't mean to wizz in your widget...
I know it feels all quaint and homey, buying stuff with 'Made in America' labels on it, like your being a good little citizen.....
and so do corporatists know that.
There is a good chance that products that carry labels proclaiming they are 'made in America', are made entirely or partly, in another country.
For example, the hot pad holder itself, may have been assembled in China, then sent to the U.S. where the packaging was put on.
The fact that part of the manufacturing process happened on U.S. soil would allow them to put on the label 'Made in America'
Do a search for "bills labeling "made in America"" and you will find out how busy corporatists have been, manipulating the laws so they can put on those phony labels, which (ding, ding, DING)- pull in premium pricing for items.
My guess is William Sonoma is a premium price store?
Of course, in our global economy, does made in America mean anything?
It's like buying an "American" car. Referring to either Ford, Chrysler, or GM.
If 51% of the company stock is owned by people/companies who are not Americans, is it still an American Company?
If a majority of the materials that go into those tacky vehicles are made in another country, is it still an American car?
On the flip side, if a Toyota vehicle is manufactured 100% or even 75% on U.S. soil, and there are vehicles like this, does it then become an American made vehicle?
What I'm astounded with "American Made" vehicles, is the ridiculous pricing.
A Toyota truck or car is Superior to an American made car . We've seen this for years in the satisfaction surveys.
Yet there are GM products labeled with higher prices that sell for MORE than an American made vehicle. Absolutely crazy.
I remember car shopping with a friend a while back. I hadn't looked at "American made" crap in years. And in comparing a Nissan Pathfinder with some GM thingy, I naturally expected the GM would be less expensive. I was shocked ! And I was like even more deterred from the GM thing. Why would someone but the overpriced crap. I mean with GM continuing to lose market share, one would think they would price competitively to keep people from leaving. (this was 2003).
My friend ended up buying the next step up Nissan Pathfinder, and I got a Rav4, which was a fun vehicle. No problems.
But apparently, there are people stupid enough to buy them, so....
My parents being one of them. They bought a $40K new 2012 Ford F150 (instead of the used 1998 $500 Ford Escort which would have worked just fine and they would actually been able to get into without need of a ladder), they don't need. really, really stupid. And there are a whole group in the over 70 crowd out there, running around without supervision, who are equally as naïve.
These people who associate quality with price.
In there outdated world, if you spent a lot of money, it was just assumed that you got a high quality product. (?)
That is scary weird.
Some Americans are too trusting and naïve. I was just reading something about Apple products and the willingness of some to stand in lines for hours to acquire the latest XXXXXX, not that Apple had anything in terms of technology, but that they had some cache' .
lame.
[this post was last edited: 11/19/2013-03:45]
