On 22/12/2011 1:37 PM, Tom C wrote:
The 'we must remain competitive' argument only works if those
displaced have suitable and equal alternatives to the lost
opportunity. Guess what? That costs money so there's little interest
in doing that, as it again affects short term profitability. Those
involved in the manufacturing sector that have lost jobs could have
been trained and employed in the high tech sector, but to 'remain
competitive' those jobs were also outsourced. It's simply a lie.
What, you can't program computers while living in a tent someplace like
your competition in South Asia?
Where's your American ingenuity? Take an old bicycle and a furnace motor
and make a generator to run your laptop, put that good for nothing
offspring of yours to work making electricity and get your sorry ass
back to work.
Sheesh Tom, do I have to spell everything out for you?
Frankly it galls me that everything I sell now comes from China, not
that I have anything in particular against the Chinese. I spent many
very contented evenings with my body against a Chinese girl, but that is
all I've ever had against them.
OTOH, I find it ironic that Milwaukee tools come from China, not the
USA, that DeWalt is now an offshore brand name, etc.
This stuff used to be made in the USA and it was really good equipment
that would last a lifetime of hard use. Not so any more.
Now it's expensive disposable junk that wears out under moderate use in
a few years.
I say bring your manufacturing back home, and start making good stuff
again. You may not be able to compete on price, but I know for a fact
that you can compete on quality, and I know from experience that people
will pay a bit more, knowing that the product they are buying won't have
to be replaced shortly after the warranty expires.
And why is it that the only garlic I can buy locally comes from China?
Don't we grow the stuff in BC?
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William Robb
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