Why do I get the feeling your name is Cletus?



Bad news bubba, they already are.


You are correct on this. Everyone in their greed to spend as little as possible are ultimately paying a higher price in the long run as they cause wages to drop. We are cannibalizing ourselves to save a buck.
However . . . that is not applicable only to buying foreign. Shopping at Wal-Mart ultimately hurts us just as much if not more. It puts mom and pop businesses out of business, ends up destroying local economies. Not good. so your following point, "Made in the USA" doesn't mean much. We can still bankrupt ourselves by buying American. There are moral implications to business, regardless of where it's based, that people don't consider and ultimately cost us more than just money.

See above.

"THAUGHT"?!?!?!?!?!

Oh please . . . profits go worldwide. Publicly owned companies shares are owned by vast international investment firms, privately owned are often held by international holding companies. Get a clue. There is no such thing as "North American Profits". American Companies outsource to foreign companies. Call Dell customer service and you will be talking to someone in the Philippines or India. Products for American companies more than likely are manufactured in foreign countries. Money goes everywhere. Don't be so ignorant. And many Japanese automobile manufacturers invest heavily in the US and employ tens and hundreds of thousands in the US. If it wasn't for foreign investment in the US, and foreign governments and banking concerns buying US debt, the US economy would have collapsed long ago.

 

Sounds like someone either is japanese or just likes hugging their bone! No, profits stay in each others homeland, maybe other companies spread because they were never heavily based anywhere.

 

Listen man, I totally agree with ya when you say we cannabolize ourselves to save a buck. It has gotten so that all you do have is Wal-Marts and " Big box" stores anymore because the little guy is run out on their ***. Right now is the time as late as it may be that people at least in my city are opening their eyes to this. We are bieng educated on our own greed and the impact of the ripple effect. Lets face it, when someone is broke, they don't buy anything, cars, microwaves, home repair stuff etc. I myself am a 25 year old who is only now learning the business part of life. Also, working in the auto industry directly has made me realize alot about this globe. Forgive me for my "ignorant" approach to this but push is coming to shove. My city that was booming in the late 90's till about 2004, and now it is crap. Our city just happens to rely heavily on auto. Since our union basically came up and said buy domestic, they also meant the things you buy everyday and where you buy them. There was a day when you want a stereo for your car, so you go to the local guy who to earn profit had higher prices. Best Buy comes into town with lower pricing- greed, you go there and save 20 bucks. You just took the guy who has a domestic car (helping me out) and took the food off his table. Now all he can afford is that econo box jap car!

But leaving all the stocks and investments on paper off to the side, little things like profit sharing cheques that auto workers get filter back into their respective communities. When Ford was doing good around here, there was more put on by them as far as sponsoring, and that sort of thing. We as a community are living under the "FORD FAMILY" that was established over 100 years ago. We are partial to it without knowing it sometimes. Man, I'm just a single person trying my best in a global arguement because it affects my livelyhood and always has. The companies have to smarten up and stay here and not have things made overseas. Government should step up, but they are benefitting too much, so they won't.

Think about this, in Asia, do you see alot of North American anything? Asian markets are shrewed and remourseless people, and to stay competitive you have to be. Their borders allow very little of our products to be sold there, but ours can't get enough. I just want to ask that chinese worker who really only makes little money how it feels to be rated the cheapest last resort to making products for their companies. To be scum while their company gets richer and shares nothing. Sounds like slave labour. When I buy especially tools, if it says made in the usa or canada it gets bought. I'll pay for it, but it's worth it. Also, the little guys you get personal service, you wait and get screwed at the chain places and you're there all day.

Realize my age, and place I live before you go throwing stones. What do you do for cash? I just see what is going on here and it sucks. Seeing a foreign car especially burns my *** because it reminds me our community is in danger. That and this rediculous spike in gas lately. The gas has hurt people who max themselves out with debt and then wanna go buy a v-8? Something has to be sacrificed, so they buy a 4 banger. We as a country have to be wise on gas consumption and pressure oil companies. They raise prices only to get richer. I'm done venting.

 

I just want to ask that chinese worker who really only makes little money how it feels to be rated the cheapest last resort to making products for their companies. To be scum while their company gets richer and shares nothing. Sounds like slave labour.


I see your point, BUT imho you are wrong and blind. Multi-billion dollar comapnies all over the world are run by very very wealthy individuals that most of the time could care less about their employees. Its funny when billionare CEO's give themselves huge pay increases when their employees don't get benefits or are not treated fairly. Yes, China may be an extreme case, but a majority of companies send work out overseas in order to stay competative. I'm sorry to hear about your town, but you have to realize that you shouldn't have to spend your hard earned money on something that says made in America especialy when its more expensive. just my thaught

 

I realize what you are saying, but I guess the damage is done. You are 100 percent right when you say these wealthy people don't give a sh*& about their employees and we should not have to pay dearly to stay loyal. Vehicles in my opinion are priced all about the same. Difference is to get a domestic to be as cheap, sometimes you have to cut the options to nothing, and in many cases, you can't. Those bieng offered in packages. So in order to get 1 thing, you have to spend 2000 more dollars and there goes the savings. It all boils down to preference. Limitations must be in place for imporrting like they are for exporting. That is all regulations and tarriffs the gov't should set and doesn't. Ya, I may be blind to alot, as are you as is everyone. What the hell are we going to do?

 

Just goes to show that not every company is PERFECT.

 

Amen........