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Originally Posted by The Great Fumar
AIN'T IT THE TRUTH!!?'
Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock ( MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6am . While his coffeepot ( MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt ( MADE IN SRI LANKA ), designer jeans ( MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes ( MADE IN KOREA ). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet ( MADE IN I NDIA ) he sat down with his calculator ( MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch ( MADE IN TAIWAN ) to the radio ( MADE IN INDIA ) he got in his car ( MADE IN GERMANY ) filled it with Petrol from Saudi Arabia and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer ( Made In Malaysia ), Joe decided to relax for a while.. He put on his sandals ( MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured himself a glass of wine ( MADE IN FRANCE.! ) and turned on his TV ( MADE IN INDONESIA ), and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in ... AMERICA.....
Don't blame me , I bought American ...... Fumar
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Much truth in what you have written, but, Americans scream at any increase in price of the products that they purchase. We can only afford our lifestyles as it is because of being able to purchase goods from around the world. Could any of us afford to live in this country if we only purchased American made goods?
Wouldn't we just be chasing our tails if we all bought American from well paid American workers? Lets say we double the wages of our workers. Now the companies that produce the goods have to increase the price of those goods to cover the higher wages. Our wages are now in parity with the cost of the goods. We wind up in the same place in the wage vs cost graph.
As it now stands our standard of living is as good as it is because our wages can buy an abundant amount of low cost goods. We can no longer compete, in the manufacture of low cost goods in a, global economy. America must reinvent itself, from a manufacturing society to a technology society.