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Originally Posted by cabmando
We need an awakening in this country. We as consumers have sold our fellow Americans out by purchasing goods made in countries with significantly lower wage structure and regulation. I've heard so many people complain about the lack of good paying jobs. I tell them "Look around your house. Look at where your TV, Appliances, Furniture, Clothing, Tools, Hardware items etc come from. Then you might figure out why we have no good paying jobs". A lot of people say we have no choice. It's more that people are too lazy to research anything.
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That cuts both ways. There is a place for cheap Chinese goods. When I can buy a Chinese 52" TV for $200 instead of a US made TV for $1000, that's $800 more I have to spend on stuff you sell.
Good paying jobs aren't assembly jobs, they are skill jobs. I'm fine with letting the Chinese assemble my iPhone and paying Americans good wages to build important, essential things - and that would include pharmaceuticals. I was shocked to learn how much we rely on China and India to make the chemicals we put in our bodies.
Hand tools too - I like the way a good wrench fits in my hand.