One of the differences is they lie about the quality of their steel. Its happened in road and bridge construction with chinese steel. They are getting better in that department though. And i'll take my chances on American made as much as I can.samhill wrote:It becomes very , we move our car production off shore & just about every foreign car maker now at least assembles their cars for here here. The workers get paid as well or almost as do the domestic workers & they adhere to all our laws so I can only guess where the big difference is!
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Greed, on both the part of the manufacturer and the buyer. Builder wants to make more money, even though they can make money here, they want more. Buyer cuz they want the cheapest they can get. So both parties are to blame.
We used to make so many electronics here, as Larry mentioned. It employed thousands, perhaps a million or more people, not just in building but in repair and building all the parts. Then the foreign market came in strong about the time solid state became the norm, we couldnt compete with their prices, Americans bought their junk at the cost of all the jobs here, the rest is history.
Cars are going the same route now. Automation is going to cost an awful lot of jobs too.
We'll see what happens politically to help on that regard. Tariffs may help if done correctly. Doing nothing sure isnt going to help.