I want to buy a new washing machine, and cannot find one made in the USA, even though I’m willing to pay 2-3X what a foreign-made one costs.
By all means, people in developing nations should be free to improve their lot in life, but it should not be on the backs of American workers.[/quote]
Two points
* We are in the middle of a multi-decade process where SE Asia and the US will come into relative economic parity courtesy of globalization. You can “they took er jerbs” all day long, but it was inevitable that the global wealth distribution would have occurred through some mechanism. Rest assured, “er jerbs” will come back, if for no other reason than the fact that their shit takes too long to get here.
* If you believe there’s a large untapped market for ‘made in america’ (people such as yourself), you should capitalize on this in some fashion. I think, though, that you’d agree that this is a losing proposition. Thus the situation as it stands right now.
