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ParticipantOh 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.
ParticipantOh 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.
ParticipantI agree with carlsbadworker and paranoid. The topic is trade imbalance. We buy more than we sell. To fix this we need to buy less foreign stuff, or sell more domestic stuff internationally.
If you believe in a free market, you will not buy something simply because it’s domestic. You will buy it because it makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that a product produced here should cost more than the same product produced somewhere else, that had to travel a long distance and pay tariffs on top.
It doesn’t make sense to complain that foreign countries don’t buy our cars, when we produce cars too big to fit on their narrow roads and too gas hungry (we still pay less for gas than most other countries). Foreign car companies have designed cars specifically for our roads. We have not designed cars for their roads thus cannot expect them to buy our cars.
My choice to fix the trade imbalance would be to competitively produce more. Then you’re sure to have people here whining about the pollution caused by the factories (have you been to any of the foreign cities where they produce all our goods? Smog smog smog).
Anyhow, this is all very simplistic and laughable IMO.
ParticipantI agree with carlsbadworker and paranoid. The topic is trade imbalance. We buy more than we sell. To fix this we need to buy less foreign stuff, or sell more domestic stuff internationally.
If you believe in a free market, you will not buy something simply because it’s domestic. You will buy it because it makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that a product produced here should cost more than the same product produced somewhere else, that had to travel a long distance and pay tariffs on top.
It doesn’t make sense to complain that foreign countries don’t buy our cars, when we produce cars too big to fit on their narrow roads and too gas hungry (we still pay less for gas than most other countries). Foreign car companies have designed cars specifically for our roads. We have not designed cars for their roads thus cannot expect them to buy our cars.
My choice to fix the trade imbalance would be to competitively produce more. Then you’re sure to have people here whining about the pollution caused by the factories (have you been to any of the foreign cities where they produce all our goods? Smog smog smog).
Anyhow, this is all very simplistic and laughable IMO.
ParticipantI agree with carlsbadworker and paranoid. The topic is trade imbalance. We buy more than we sell. To fix this we need to buy less foreign stuff, or sell more domestic stuff internationally.
If you believe in a free market, you will not buy something simply because it’s domestic. You will buy it because it makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that a product produced here should cost more than the same product produced somewhere else, that had to travel a long distance and pay tariffs on top.
It doesn’t make sense to complain that foreign countries don’t buy our cars, when we produce cars too big to fit on their narrow roads and too gas hungry (we still pay less for gas than most other countries). Foreign car companies have designed cars specifically for our roads. We have not designed cars for their roads thus cannot expect them to buy our cars.
My choice to fix the trade imbalance would be to competitively produce more. Then you’re sure to have people here whining about the pollution caused by the factories (have you been to any of the foreign cities where they produce all our goods? Smog smog smog).
Anyhow, this is all very simplistic and laughable IMO.
ParticipantI agree with carlsbadworker and paranoid. The topic is trade imbalance. We buy more than we sell. To fix this we need to buy less foreign stuff, or sell more domestic stuff internationally.
If you believe in a free market, you will not buy something simply because it’s domestic. You will buy it because it makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that a product produced here should cost more than the same product produced somewhere else, that had to travel a long distance and pay tariffs on top.
It doesn’t make sense to complain that foreign countries don’t buy our cars, when we produce cars too big to fit on their narrow roads and too gas hungry (we still pay less for gas than most other countries). Foreign car companies have designed cars specifically for our roads. We have not designed cars for their roads thus cannot expect them to buy our cars.
My choice to fix the trade imbalance would be to competitively produce more. Then you’re sure to have people here whining about the pollution caused by the factories (have you been to any of the foreign cities where they produce all our goods? Smog smog smog).
Anyhow, this is all very simplistic and laughable IMO.
ParticipantI agree with carlsbadworker and paranoid. The topic is trade imbalance. We buy more than we sell. To fix this we need to buy less foreign stuff, or sell more domestic stuff internationally.
If you believe in a free market, you will not buy something simply because it’s domestic. You will buy it because it makes sense. It doesn’t make sense that a product produced here should cost more than the same product produced somewhere else, that had to travel a long distance and pay tariffs on top.
It doesn’t make sense to complain that foreign countries don’t buy our cars, when we produce cars too big to fit on their narrow roads and too gas hungry (we still pay less for gas than most other countries). Foreign car companies have designed cars specifically for our roads. We have not designed cars for their roads thus cannot expect them to buy our cars.
My choice to fix the trade imbalance would be to competitively produce more. Then you’re sure to have people here whining about the pollution caused by the factories (have you been to any of the foreign cities where they produce all our goods? Smog smog smog).
Anyhow, this is all very simplistic and laughable IMO.
ParticipantGood point arraya. Still, buying products from American companies doesn’t guarantee American jobs. My point is, American co’s will do whatever is best for their profit. If this means outsourcing or importing it will happen. It’s nice to think that we consumers have some control and power, but our gov. seems to be working against us at all costs.
Still, I think it’s a worthwhile experiment, but can’t shake the feeling that the days of “buy American” have already had their chance. In today’s economy, aren’t we seeing the results of how American companies do things when they’re in control?
ParticipantGood point arraya. Still, buying products from American companies doesn’t guarantee American jobs. My point is, American co’s will do whatever is best for their profit. If this means outsourcing or importing it will happen. It’s nice to think that we consumers have some control and power, but our gov. seems to be working against us at all costs.
Still, I think it’s a worthwhile experiment, but can’t shake the feeling that the days of “buy American” have already had their chance. In today’s economy, aren’t we seeing the results of how American companies do things when they’re in control?
ParticipantGood point arraya. Still, buying products from American companies doesn’t guarantee American jobs. My point is, American co’s will do whatever is best for their profit. If this means outsourcing or importing it will happen. It’s nice to think that we consumers have some control and power, but our gov. seems to be working against us at all costs.
Still, I think it’s a worthwhile experiment, but can’t shake the feeling that the days of “buy American” have already had their chance. In today’s economy, aren’t we seeing the results of how American companies do things when they’re in control?
ParticipantGood point arraya. Still, buying products from American companies doesn’t guarantee American jobs. My point is, American co’s will do whatever is best for their profit. If this means outsourcing or importing it will happen. It’s nice to think that we consumers have some control and power, but our gov. seems to be working against us at all costs.
Still, I think it’s a worthwhile experiment, but can’t shake the feeling that the days of “buy American” have already had their chance. In today’s economy, aren’t we seeing the results of how American companies do things when they’re in control?
ParticipantGood point arraya. Still, buying products from American companies doesn’t guarantee American jobs. My point is, American co’s will do whatever is best for their profit. If this means outsourcing or importing it will happen. It’s nice to think that we consumers have some control and power, but our gov. seems to be working against us at all costs.
Still, I think it’s a worthwhile experiment, but can’t shake the feeling that the days of “buy American” have already had their chance. In today’s economy, aren’t we seeing the results of how American companies do things when they’re in control?
ParticipantAlso just because something is “made in China” doesn’t mean the profit from it isn’t going to an American company…
ParticipantAlso just because something is “made in China” doesn’t mean the profit from it isn’t going to an American company…
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