[aumoore]

Now you guys have gone and brought up the foreign manufacturing thing one of my pet peeves

Why is it done? To satisfy our need of lots of cheap products and due to greed. Why make a $45 dollar shirt in the USA for a cost of $15 when you can get it made in China for $7.

Here is my problem with this whole free trade thing. I only got one good thing from world history and that is the Roman Empire got so rich, fat and happy that they did nothing for themselves. Hell even their armies were paid mercenaries from other countries. I see the USA going down the same path in the name of profits. Where do we draw the line on foreign made goods? We have lost almost all electronics, clothing, about 1/2 of our cars are foreign made, etc. What next our fighter planes made in Afghanistan and flown by out of work Russian pilots? Don't laugh because it has happened in the past and it can happen again.


I think we should have a choice in what we buy but in many cases we cannot find products made in the USA. We all should try to help our neighbors by buying their products so they in turn can buy your product or service.

Did you know that a lot of tax returns and accounting is being outsourced to countries like India? Pretty soon we may be all out of a job.

IMHO part of the reason the economy is faltering is because we are loosing the free trade war and as someone said Free Trade is not Fair Trade.