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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI
So where do we draw the line? The more cheap Chinese products we buy the more manufacturing plants in the U.S. either close or move their operations overseas for cheaper labor. Where are U.S. citizens going to get the money to buy cheap Chinese made products if there are no jobs? Manufacturing was a big part in the creation of the middle class in this country.
A few years back I visited a friend in Connecticut. The town he lived in was a very prosperous place to live and work. Not any longer! He drove me around the town pointing out numerous shuttered manufacturing facilities that closed due to cheap Chinese products. All there is now are low paying service industry jobs. Gotta have those cheap products!
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Hey, impose policies that drive production back home even if it results in higher prices. No problem, the end result might be worth the pain. But don’t pretend (or lie) that there won’t be pain.
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