[skip2myloo]

In my example, the ratio was 1:5, but that doesn't really matter.

I stipulated the world is not a fair marketplace, especially when dealing with communist regimes exploiting prison labor and third world economies.

That's not fair - but, it's reality and we have to deal with it.

Other than changing the world, what's your practical, pragmatic, real-world solution ??

Become communists so we can compete with the Chinese on their own turf ??

BTW, where are Mac G4s manufactured these days ?? Somewhere in Asia, right ??

[applemac_g4]

>Other than changing the world, what's your practical,
>pragmatic, real-world solution ??

An exchange rate linked tariff that taxes goods coming into the United States from overseas. An outright ban on importing goods from China.

>Become communists so we can compete with the
>Chinese on their own turf ??

Nope. Let the Chinese keep their own turf, we'll keep ours.

>BTW, where are Mac G4s manufactured these days ??
>Somewhere in Asia, right ??

Unfortunately, yes. If you happen to know of a computer that's manufactured within the United States, that will be my next machine. Both my Macs are many years old now, and sometime within the next few years, both will be up for replacement.

I do not buy foreign products when an American alternative exists.