[quote=nostradamus]Oh my goodness jp… If I were cruel I would go down that list with something to say about many items… I don’t feel like getting flamed today though.
Anyway to flu, China and Japan are probably the biggest fish to fry when it comes to trade imbalance. I don’t think jp is bashing, she’s stating the obvious. Made in China is ubiquitous (to coin a favorite word around here lately). On cheap labor, you’d think if the US was such a fan we wouldn’t have fat, lazy unions, social security, FICA, etc. attached to the cost of everything.[/quote]
oh, I know jpinpb isn’t bashing china in particular. I hope I stated that. (jp I hope you don’t think that I think that or what not)…..
I’m just curious though about the prevailing “don’t buy china goods” matra in media and getting a little confused about patriotism. I mean I have my reasons for not buying made in china products (for safety reasons, for health reasons, what not). As far as patriotism, as a rule of thumb, I avoid all imports regardless of origin if I can… The two exceptions are (1) cars (2) photo equipment. The former is that I have a preference for german, and the latter is you don’t have a U.S. company that makes decent glass (Kodak is made with foreign components, and it’s getting harder for me to find film for my Polaroid)
