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Originally Posted by hillbilly
I got blasted again last week in Sears. I was needing a tool and asked for COO before going to checkout and a lady shopping over heard me asking and she asked what did it matter. I told her kindly, and explained that not only did it help keep Americans in work but the working conditions in China in which people take advantage of cheap labor were not so good. She came back at me with this: '' maybe so, but if we all decided not to buy products made in China then those people making very little in poor working conditions would be out in the street with nothing ''. I honestly didn't know what to say.
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So, she'd rather have Americans making very little, in poor working conditions or out in the street with nothing?
Because that's all her attitude gets us. Unfortunately, far too many of us have this attitude.
Dave,
I too look at the labels and I have paid more, sometimes subtantially more, for the USA made stuff. Unfortunately, it's getting harder every day, because some of us can't see past our wallets and don't give a damn about repercussions, so long as it saves them a buck.
In the end, this will be our undoing.
Dave