petek
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BTW, I get the impression you're a gal who don't like to be messed with LOL
duckin and runnin
duckin and runnin
It's finally happened,, China is outsourcing for cheaper labor
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Finally some long-term thinking... not short-sighted.
Said: I am more than willing to pay a higher price for a well-made American item to ensure domestic employment and a thriving economy!
Response: ME TOO! stick our flag on it and I'll buy it. Even stick peties's flag on it, and I'll buy it (LOL).
I LUV how you think girl.
Said: I am more than willing to pay a higher price for a well-made American item to ensure domestic employment and a thriving economy!
Response: ME TOO! stick our flag on it and I'll buy it. Even stick peties's flag on it, and I'll buy it (LOL).
I LUV how you think girl.
It isn't so much that we've lost personal freedoms, many of us are just trying to prevent that from happening. Once they're eroded, they're much harder to get back. I certainly have nothing to hide; I'm a tax-paying, law-abiding citizen. As for outsourcing, try picketing in front of Wal-Mart once and you'll experience firsthand the outright hatred of people who are not willing to pay even $1 more for their underwear in order to keep jobs in the US. It's sad, but true. And as long as people are working for $8 an hour, they can't afford to shop anywhere else.
But that's just on the surface; What really drives these decisions is shareholder profit. If outsourcing ensures the shareholders will make money, then that's what's going to happen. Bottom line. Besides, how many of us in the lower middle-class bracket own a significant amount of shares in the market? Precisely.
But that's just on the surface; What really drives these decisions is shareholder profit. If outsourcing ensures the shareholders will make money, then that's what's going to happen. Bottom line. Besides, how many of us in the lower middle-class bracket own a significant amount of shares in the market? Precisely.
Too bad, isn't it?
Yeah, Frigilux, the bottom line is the bottom line (for shareholders, that is). No corporate loyalty to the consumer or the worker anymore. No pride in a quality product. Just crank out the crap and generate profits for the mutual funds.
PeteK: Just ask hubby....I love a good fight, er, discussion. Never mess with a short gal with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do! ;-)
Yeah, Frigilux, the bottom line is the bottom line (for shareholders, that is). No corporate loyalty to the consumer or the worker anymore. No pride in a quality product. Just crank out the crap and generate profits for the mutual funds.
PeteK: Just ask hubby....I love a good fight, er, discussion. Never mess with a short gal with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do! ;-)
petek
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Steve, there's nothing left to buy made here, even those souvenir plastic Mounties are made over there. LOL
Speaking of Mounties, there was quite a brouhaha a couple of years ago when the Mounties, eager to captilize, hired Disney to handle and manage their image and such things rather than hire a Canadian company to do it.. Last I heard when that contract was done they sort of had to get a Canadian company to carry on lest face more wrath.
Speaking of Mounties, there was quite a brouhaha a couple of years ago when the Mounties, eager to captilize, hired Disney to handle and manage their image and such things rather than hire a Canadian company to do it.. Last I heard when that contract was done they sort of had to get a Canadian company to carry on lest face more wrath.
The Ultimate Irony.... OR who's on first?
I bought NYC souvenirs for Mike/ Vesatronic's GF and her son.
They are from China....and so were the souvenirs.
I havn't quite figured it out yet, but somehow it just ain't right.
Chinese products to remind Chinese people, now living in America, of America (NYC).
HUH?
I bought NYC souvenirs for Mike/ Vesatronic's GF and her son.
They are from China....and so were the souvenirs.
I havn't quite figured it out yet, but somehow it just ain't right.
Chinese products to remind Chinese people, now living in America, of America (NYC).
HUH?
On the other hand, I bought a pair of hearing protectors today, with a built-in radio. I fully expected them to be made in China, since it was an American company, but I was shocked when I read on the box, "Made in Sweden".
Fortunately not every station is playing ABBA.
Fortunately not every station is playing ABBA.
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