Quote:
Originally Posted by billethkid
the equation is very simple but sometimes forgotten by most and unkown to far too many.
Every not made in the USA product that once upon a time used to be made in the USA = jobs/employment to make those products are gone. As we lose more and more manufacturing there will be more and more unemployment.
Having been educated and earned my living in manufacturing I have personally watched hundreds of thousands of jobs leave the USA....I have been responsible for relocating thousands of jobs from the USA as part of my responsibility in corporate America.
The ONLY reason for manufacturing of any product to be removed from the USA is to reduce the cost of labor in the product. American wages, inefficiencies and lack of investment in improving methods of manufacturing all contributed to the problem.
History has proven that the country with the latest, most modern, most efficient low cost manufacturing will surpass economically those who do not.
One only needs to look at the past greatness of USA manufacturing and compare it to today's emasculated shadow of it's former self.
I remember early in my career when we used to be proud in appliance park Kentucky (GE major appliances) that all our (GE) appliances were made in the USA........now almost none. GE appliance Park employment in the 70's was 25,000.....today less than 5,000. This one example is a mere drop in the bucket example of jobs lost.
Until that trend is stopped and reversed we will continue to slide into also ran status as a nation just as we are at this time in history.
Most countries have many more protectionism laws than we do for good reason. We have almost none.......POLITICS!!!
Made in USA is ALWAYS my first choice....no excuses.
|
Given the way you feel about made in America, it must have been very difficult for you to make those job relocations to out of the States. (If I understood you correctly.)