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To: Varda

That’s a baldfaced lie.

When the offshoring craze to China started, it was nearly impossible to FIND made-in-America: the stores quit stocking those items.

The industry then used the low sales as retroactive justification for the offshoring.

(Remember Ross Perot and his “giant sucking sound” ? Even though he was talking about Mexico, he was right.)


40 posted on 12/01/2025 6:50:19 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Sorry, if reality sucks. I was working in factory orders at that time. We had a group of American companies that we tried to promote as a made in America group. They couldn’t hold on. Their costs had to be made up by price. The Chinese had their government covering their costs and didn’t need to make a profit. Not finding made in America products in-store was an effect that was downstream of where the problem was.
BTW -Ross Perot was a Dem plant.


73 posted on 12/01/2025 7:27:09 AM PST by Varda
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