On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 18:05 -0500, robert zeidler wrote: > 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?
So, you are against all international trade? > > 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! I find arguments like this much more persuasive when they focus on things like importing garlic from mainland China (like, we don't grow garlic here?) than bicycle frames and components from Taiwan. -- 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.
