Why I love America

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

China does not "take" jobs from the US. US jobs are given to or earned by China because the price of US goods is such that they are no longer desireable.

Can we put this in big honkin font that flashes red?

I always shake my head ruefully when I hear that China is "taking" jobs.

This whole thing started post WWII when the American people made a choice:

Made in America for X price
Made in Japan for Y price

Americans, being good capitalists, chose the option that gave them the mostest for the leastest.

No one stole any jobs, no one took any jobs. The customers (us) chose.

Don't blame the government, don't blame "big business", blame the customers for choosing to buy foreign goods.

Well, now it is probably too late. America can't rebuild our manufacturing factories and even if we did, the price of the goods would not be attractive to the customer.

I believe you will find few American customers willing to pay American wages, to buy at American prices, what can be obtained from overseas.

Sure Americans "care" about the lost jobs... but do Americans care enough to pay much more for the same product? Probably not.

Most Americans seem satisfied buying a smarmy magnet from a Chinese company that states "buy American products"

No one took anything. We choose to give it away.

As Porky Pig would say "We buttered our bridges, now we can sleep on it"