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1 posted on 12/19/2014 5:37:48 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Well, no problem. Congress will just raise corporate taxes (again) and make China richer....as our jobs and companies go down the crapper.


2 posted on 12/19/2014 5:51:10 PM PST by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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Communist China loves capitalism as long as they control every bit of it.


3 posted on 12/19/2014 5:54:31 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Steelfish

I don’t buy ANY Christmas decoration that has China stamped on it.


5 posted on 12/19/2014 7:03:56 PM PST by VeniVidiVici ( Better a conservative teabagger than a liberal teabagee)
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It’s funny because every year around this time I think of what it would be like if a U.S. company were to make some decent quality Christmas items. Whether ornaments or decorations or lights (indoor and/or outdoor), etc.

With automation and the regulations that certain quality measures be factored in, I’d think that a company could offer their wares at slightly higher prices than the Chinese stuff and still sell massive quantities because they’d (a) be made in America, and (b) be of better quality than the items on the next shelf or peg hook.

It would be worth it to pay $6 for something that’ll last 6 years instead of $1.99 every year.

The biggest downside would be federal and state regulations (not insurmountable, but definitely a pain) and the start-up costs for the equipment. And no, I’m not talking about the red-powder-sprayed styrofoam junk mentioned in the article. {{{shudder}}}}


6 posted on 12/19/2014 7:18:23 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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“working twelve hours a day for no more than £200-300 a month” and they aren’t sure what Christmas is ...

Lazy, greedy commies AND heathens.


9 posted on 12/19/2014 9:32:00 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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