> I am enjoying this discussion a lot. Kakki, you are echoing many of the same things >I believe on these issues. Referencing your statement above, it is now VERY difficult >to buy products made in the USA! I read last week where one of the last (major) shirt >manufacturers in the US has had to close its doors. Next time you go clothes shopping >- look at the tags. I'll give you a dollar for every "Made In The USA" tag if you >give me a quarter for every "Made in Sri Lanka/Singapore etc." tag. >
It is exactly the same here. it is very diifuclt to sell good quality home produced goods. This is because we voted with our pocket. And now we seem to have little choice. At one time tho, when home produce was readily available and almost exclusively so, we chose to buy cheaper imports so that now that is all we can buy. We have been conditioned to want what we want and want it now at little cost. An example: woool garments are not now popular. Because of cheap acrylics and easy wash. Thus our woolen mills have all but disappeared. the acrylic stuff deos not do much to keep one warm. It doesn't wear well and is replaced quickly and cheaply.(here it is cold. one woollen sweater is enough to keep me warm when out. If i wear a sweatrshirt, I have to wear other things, like a coat, to get the same effect. We have sacrificed qaulity for quantity and cheapness. Shoe manufacturers have closed down too for the same reasons. DYSON was a company I liked. Invented by an Englishman who said his aim was to keep it British and keep British people employed. Then he became very successful.....and moved prodcution to Malaysia. so much for his ethics. Have the prices of a Dyson come down? no! So who is going to benefit? ummm...er....
