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Originally Posted by martureo
I look at overall cost.
Sure, I can get a ridiculous deal on a box (or whatever) now. But I'm sending my money to a company which has decided that overseas cheap labor is the answer to their problem. I'm casting a vote to encourage them to keep doing business as usual.
So what I'm gaining in the short term, I'm losing in the long run. I'm voting to put local workers out of a job and voting to make working conditions worse by making them compete with cheaper labor.
The cost of a product made in the US is often more expensive as its priced to maintain that product in the US.
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I completely agree with this philosophy. It's what I've been saying for years and I try to avoid anything made in China at all costs. Unfortunately this is a rearguard action in a lost war.
Trying to buy something "normal" newly made in the USA, is almost impossible. Even long established German companies are now outsourcing production to China. It's a real problem to try and get anything that doesn't directly support the descendents of Mao.
- Peter.
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