Posted on 01/30/2006 7:24:12 AM PST by Fawn
Once we become dependent on these "low priced goods", and the manufacturers thereof move to foreign countries, which may or may not be our "friends", and the skills here lost, why should the prices stay low?
How are my profitable foreign investments, reducing current consumption, living for a momentary gain?
Investing in foreign enrichment instead of the enrichment of you own fellow countrymen means the degradation of the opportunities of your fellow countrymen. This may work for the moment. 
What fields are they going into ???
law, business, finance, education. if not for the matriculation of foreign nationals, US engineering programs would be closing down in droves if they had to rely only on american enrollments.
I wrote AOL an email and asked them where they got off calling themselves 'AMERICA on line' when they send their jobs to India. Never did get a reply.
If their prices rise too high, they will lose the manufacturing jobs they gained.
Investing in foreign enrichment instead of the enrichment of you own fellow countrymen means the degradation of the opportunities of your fellow countrymen.
Do you feel the same way about foreigners who invest in the US instead of their own country? Are they enriching the US and degrading the opportunity of their fellow countrymen?
And if the manufacturing capability is there and not here, how exactly will they lose the jobs?
Do you feel the same way about foreigners who invest in the US instead of their own country? Are they enriching the US and degrading the opportunity of their fellow countrymen?
I don't feel anything about it, but I think they should invest in their own country. And their investment in the US is not good fro the US. Yes, they are enriching themselves at the expense of fellow countrymen, and doing America no good.
What will the situation be, I wonder, when a critical mass of this country is owned by foreign powers.
The same way you claim we are losing the jobs.
I don't feel anything about it, but I think they should invest in their own country. And their investment in the US is not good fro the US. Yes, they are enriching themselves at the expense of fellow countrymen, and doing America no good.
So, let me see if I understand your point. If an American invests abroad it's bad for America but good for the foreign country? If a foreigner invests in America it's bad for his own country and bad for America?
What will the situation be, I wonder, when a critical mass of this country is owned by foreign powers.
I'm curious what you think that critical % would be? What do you think the current % would be?
The well being of the US is important. Please tell if you think I have harmed the US. In Sept. 2003 I gave $11,300 to a bunch of Brazilians for part of a Brazilian cell phone company (Tele Centro Oeste Celular Part. SA). Two months later I sold it back to them for $13,700. I got to keep $1,800 to spend on American goods and the rest went to pay for federal taxes to bring down the national debt.
If you think this is bad for the US please tell me how. I just bought some more stock in the same company and the price is already soaring --I need to know if you think I should sell it now before the price goes any higher. Keep in mind that every time I do this I make the trade deficit worsen, as the only way Brazilians can get these dollars to give me is by selling their products cheaper and cheaper.
If the manufacturing capability is there and not here, where will we go to get a better price?
So, let me see if I understand your point. If an American invests abroad it's bad for America but good for the foreign country? If a foreigner invests in America it's bad for his own country and bad for America?
I couldn't care less what is good for a foreign country. I care about what is good for America. Do you live in America?
Tell me, why should America become dependent on world trade, instead of manufacturing in American and trading with each other?
I guess you could make a case for this but only if you ignore the total cost of shipping jobs out of the country. Pay me now or pay me (via taxes) later.
I have seen many companies go down the tubes because they focused on price and not costs. They are very different things.
"India sure as Hell wouldn't want Americans in India."
Then all those gated communities for American GE employees throughout India are illusions?
Hey, how about that; me too --small world! So that means if we do business overseas and we make Americans rich then that's OK with you?
Tell me, why should America become dependent on world trade, instead of manufacturing in American and trading with each other? What's the point?
I did-- and with the $1,800 profit added in I was able to make it a total investment of $13,100 for the American company!
Please tell me why making money for America is wrong . If you don't know, at least tell me why foreign trade is so bad it would be better for Americans to starve and the US treasury to be bankrupt (remember the $600 in taxes) than for any American to have the freedom and liberty to contact the outside world.
I guess competition is a difficult concept for you?
I care about what is good for America. Do you live in America?
Yes I do.
You said that my investment in a foreign country enriches that country. Then you said a foreign investment in America is bad for America. Can you see the conflict in your "logic"?
Tell me, why should America become dependent on world trade, instead of manufacturing in American and trading with each other?
You make it sound like we don't manufacture here or trade internally. You realize we manufacture and export more than ever?
There you go again. Like so many protectionists, you only see one side of the equation. If you admit that American investment is good for a foreign business, then foreign investment is good for American business.
I have seen many companies go down the tubes because they focused on price and not costs. They are very different things.
And if Dell is losing money because of poor or costly tech support, then they deserve to go down the tubes. I'm not going to lose any sleep on Dell's account. As a consumer I purchase the most product for my money. Doing anything else encourages and artificially supports companies that don't want to compete in the real market.
As you should Victor. I no longer purchase Dell and not because of price but because of the poor, "English as a 2nd language service". That poor service increased my COST more than the original purchase price because of lost data and applications. Looking at the initial price tag is short sighted.
And that should be a consideration for anyone who is tech support dependent.
I did have an occasion to use Dells tech support, but I used the online chat version (no accents). I was reasonably pleased. My daughters machine started bombing to a blue screen two weeks before the warranty ran out. I did what the techs told me to try, but had to keep going back because the "fixes" didn't work. Once I convinced the tech support person that I had already exhausted their script, they started replacing parts. Long story short, my daughter's machine is completely new except for the case and power supply. The problem was the CPU (Intel's fault not Dell's). It took a week and cost Dell three trips to my house, but I don't think that would have been different if the tech support were in the US.
How long do you think those GE employees will last. As I said before, Americans are there for only as long as India cannot do the job themselves.
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