At the risk of sounding bad again, generally speaking only, China is not known for quality products. It’s known for cheap products (even their steel) and you get what you pay for.
As flu mentioned, seems a bigger problem is people’s desire for consumption, cheap consumption, that ends up discarded at a garage sale eventually.
If you sell your car in 5 years, sure, maybe it’s lost value. Hold it for 20. Wish I did that w/my Camaro. I’d have one heck of a downpayment on a house. (Never watch Mecum?)
I think we’ve come full circle again, though. The problem is that people don’t want to work for less money here, but people want to buy cheap. Buying cheap from Asia means someone potentially in the U.S.A. could be soon out a job.
So many jobs have been outsourced. Jobs that still seem plentiful are service-related jobs. They typically don’t pay very well. Unless you’re a doctor, which even then, selective surgeries, some people leave the country b/c it’s cheaper. Cheap dental, go to Mexico.
Between jobs being outsourced and people that do come over here taking jobs for less (whether Mexican day laborers or nurses from the Philippines) it is getting more difficult to find jobs. (Please – again – I am not being prejudice here. Trying to make a point about Americans losing jobs – not targeting any countries – forgive the stereotypical nature)
I did not expect to meet so much opposition to attempting this for a month, particularly in light of the continuing job losses. But as I said earlier, I’m not much of a consumer, so this would not be a big sacrifice to me. With so many people touting patriotism during war, I was thinking this experiment was an easy no-brainer. Think of it as economic war. No one dies from this.
