I wonder why this is?

stabiz · 08-30-09, 06:03 AM

Thats what the Mayflowers guys tried to tell the natives.

Torplexed · 08-30-09, 10:00 AM

Debt, failing banks, bailouts, moribund bureaucracy and billionaire swindlers (MADE IN THE USA)

See...we still make something.

We're Number One!..we're Number One!

Oberon · 08-30-09, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by stabiz

Thats what the Mayflowers guys tried to tell the natives.

Biggles · 08-30-09, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

How very true isn't this?

Task Force · 08-30-09, 10:42 AM

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How very true isn't this?

100% true...

Is it just me or is nothing made in the us anymore... (except for on rare ocations.)

Oberon · 08-30-09, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

100% true...

Is it just me or is nothing made in the us anymore... (except for on rare ocations.)

Same for the UK, but that's how it happens in a lot of nations. You start in primary industry, farming and the like, then you move into Secondary Industry, heavy industry and production, and then you move into Tertiary industry which is light industry, things like software, and the like.
Regrettably, along the line, companies then find it easier to import primary and secondary industry products from third and second world nations which offer cheaper offers through mass production and have less trade regulations.

Task Force · 08-30-09, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Same for the UK, but that's how it happens in a lot of nations. You start in primary industry, farming and the like, then you move into Secondary Industry, heavy industry and production, and then you move into Tertiary industry which is light industry, things like software, and the like.
Regrettably, along the line, companies then find it easier to import primary and secondary industry products from third and second world nations which offer cheaper offers through mass production and have less trade regulations.

yep, would be nice to actualy own something from the place i live though... other than a plastic cup... lol

I wonder how safe the stuff with Made in China stamped on the bottom is...

I believe the have veary little to no work safty/standards...

Oberon · 08-30-09, 10:57 AM

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yep, would be nice to actualy own something from the place i live though... other than a plastic cup... lol

I wonder how safe the stuff with Made in China stamped on the bottom is...

I believe the have veary little to no work safty/standards...

Well, that is the gamble you have, there has been a lot of problems with imported Chinese goods, talks of sabotage and the like, plus problems with internal Chinese goods, the baby food scandal of not long ago comes to mind.
However, what it boils down to, going back to Mr John Smith. If he doesn't have a job, then when his Japanese alarm clock conks out, will he buy a cheap Japanese or Chinese clock, or a more expensive one from somewhere in the EU or the US?
People vote with their wallets.

August · 08-30-09, 05:35 PM

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How very true isn't this?

Somebody considered his ancestors to be illegal aliens once upon a time as well. Actually the folks they consider to be "Native" Americans nowadays are at least the third wave of immigrants to the new world.

Wolfehunter · 08-30-09, 05:50 PM

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How very true isn't this?

Agreed

Sailor Steve · 08-31-09, 01:13 PM

Buy the best product at the best product...it's the American Way!

As for McCain, both his parents were American citizens, so it doesn't matter where he was born.

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