Keep buying those Chinese made goods...

[SteyrAUG]

I am finding it near impossible. We recently bought three rooms worth of furniture for a new house, and I was explicitely looking for US-made. Found a place, was proudly told "made in North Carolina", spent a ton, found that it was more like "proudly upholstered in North Carolina". Delivery people said sales people ask them to remove "made in" tags.
But, bad business practices aside, it now takes effort and time to find US-made goods.

Having concluded that not only is most stuff made in China, most of it is horrible quality crap no matter how much you are willing to pay I have started to build my own stuff whenever I can.

It gets made exactly according to my needs, usually ends up being about the same price and much higher quality. I'm slowly getting rid of all my "pressed board" shelves and similar crap.

[variablebinary]

Globalism is not good for America.

The elite, and wannabe elite keep trying to sell that shit to the American people.

We are getting screwed, and the Chinese are becoming our masters, and Mexicans overrun our borders.

No, it's not the same as the 80's and Japan either.

When is enough enough? When are the American people going to get a clue?

[Macx]

H.G. Wells wrote a book about a time machine a bunch of years ago. There was a section that talked about Eloi and Morlocks. Ironic. . . ..


It is such small consolation looking at ourselves and realizing we are the people that become the Eloi. . . .

[EzGoingKev]

At the rate they are scooping up raw materials, the rate their economy is growing, and the rate they are building military assets they have to be doing it for a reason

Regarding the scooping up raw materials - I believe that is due to them manufacturing at least 75% of the stuff sold in this country (or the world for that matter). Their economic growth is a result of that.

But, bad business practices aside, it now takes effort and time to find US-made goods.

It is really hard to know what is a true US made item any more.

I was talking to my old Snap On Tools dealer the other day and while he would not get into the details he told me that I would not believe what they have subbed out to China.

When is enough enough? When are the American people going to get a clue?

Never.

People want to pop in to Walmart to get cheap stuff. When their cars brake they want cheap replacement costs.

Unions have killed off the manufacturing in this country and sell themselves off to the highest bidder.

"We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guys pocket." from HBO's The Wire pretty much sums it all up.

[mr_smiles]

I try buying zero non western foreign products, but dammit nobody sells American garlic. It's all Chinese...

[mr_smiles]

It is really hard to know what is a true US made item any more.

I was talking to my old Snap On Tools dealer the other day and while he would not get into the details he told me that I would not believe what they have subbed out to China.
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I'd be willing to bet even a good chunk of their engineering is done in China now, I know a lot of companies use the Chinese for prototyping now.

[ralph]

Anyone looking for U.S. made goods can start here, the list is dated, but it's somewhere to start www.usstuff.com awhile back I wanted a new multi tool, almost bought a Leatherman, But they're NOT made in the U.S. Files from Switzerland, knife blades, etc, from China, In the past Leatherman was fined for advertising his tools as "made in the U.S.' when they are only assembled here. Anyway I ended up buying a SOG, Right on the package is said "made in the U.S.A." Doing some research on the 'net, before I bought it, I found that in the case of the Multi tool I was looking at, it was indeed made here, I bought it. Without a doubt it is VERY hard to find U.S. made goods, they're out there,One just has to put forth the effort, something most people won't do, because it's easier to go to Wal-Mart, or Lowe's..

[The_War_Wagon]

I get very tired of dumbasses ignoring the overwhelming evidence and instead believing that because China owns most of our debt that it would not be in its best interest to see the US defeated and out of the picture.

This.

Here's another fun read for your Saturday morning - the Chinese will get stuck with SOME of our tab and have to eat it, but they've been diversifying into base & precious metals, rare earth minerals, and other hard assets the last several years; they have planned to survive this GREATEST Depression.

WE on the other hand, are going to eat ALL of our own tab.

http://www.kitco.com/ind/wieg_cor/wieg_cor.html

[Belmont31R]

I'd be willing to bet even a good chunk of their engineering is done in China now, I know a lot of companies use the Chinese for prototyping now.

The notion they just make cheap shit we don't want to make here is no longer the case. More and more high end equipment and parts are being made there. Boeing parts, intellectual work like engineering, ect.

[SteyrAUG]

Anyone looking for U.S. made goods can start here, the list is dated, but it's somewhere to start www.usstuff.com awhile back I wanted a new multi tool, almost bought a Leatherman, But they're NOT made in the U.S. Files from Switzerland, knife blades, etc, from China, In the past Leatherman was fined for advertising his tools as "made in the U.S.' when they are only assembled here. Anyway I ended up buying a SOG, Right on the package is said "made in the U.S.A." Doing some research on the 'net, before I bought it, I found that in the case of the Multi tool I was looking at, it was indeed made here, I bought it. Without a doubt it is VERY hard to find U.S. made goods, they're out there,One just has to put forth the effort, something most people won't do, because it's easier to go to Wal-Mart, or Lowe's..

Just keep in mind to actually support the US worker sometimes you must buy foreign.

For example:

Buy a Ford, support Mexico. You support Ford who sends American jobs and industries to Mexico and you support the Mexican worker.

Buy a BMW and you actually support BMW who builds factories in the US and employs American workers.