I'm not saying we have to be "green", but every product has to be shipped by plane, boat or something equally inefficient from a long way away. You'll have to ride it every day, a long way to offset that. The wages are paid to someone who will spend that money... not here. You on the other hand will pay a little less to support that person, but will pay a lot more in taxes, to support the person(s) you did not pay for his labor etc., here. You will pay taxes on borrowed money (mostly form mainland China). It's true that there are wars etc., to support , also w/ borrowed money. That's besides the point here. If the product is equal in quality and every other facet of its existence doesn't it make sense to spend that money here, even if it's a little more?
I'm not a big business supporter but I'm always amazed when people talk about the "greed" of big business. They, just like a person who is thrifty or cheap, just want to keep more of what they earn. The numbers are just larger but it's all relative. So by purchasing something made overseas that can be sourced here is in effect screwing your fellow American, even if unknowingly, or unintended. And to top it off, it's often said that every one of those borrowed dollars, that's paid in unemployment returns $1.60 to the economy. Then why don't we just lay everybody off and watch things take right off! RGZ On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:12 PM, benzzoy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 27, 11:45 am, robert zeidler <[email protected]> wrote: >> If they are built here, they are better. Think about everything bad >> that's associated w/ a Taiwanese made product. > > OK, I give up. What's bad that's associated with a Taiwanese-made > product? > > (BTW, Taiwan != China) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
