FYI
Kathy Gifford, please go to the white phone for a message.
Amazing, apparently some "Conservatives" are all for limited Govt right up to the point they find something they want the Govt to do FOR them. At which point there is NO limit on the power or money they are willing to shovel over to "protect" them from the thing they fear.
PING!
Definitely gets one thinking about where our goods come from. But it's difficult to find household goods/clothes/toys, etc. that aren't made overseas. Ultimately, I'm going to shop whereever I can get the best deals. It's not like my avoiding Walmart, Target, etc. will in any way influence their practices.
Awesome. I like cheap goods.
Six months ago I was in the markets in Saigon with friends who live there. Their normal routine when shopping the markets is to carefully study the logos of the product they plan to purchase.
This time I was with them so they asked me if the spelling was correct and if the logo looked authenic.
One of the many backpacks had the logo "LL Been". I told him it should be spelled "bean".
China floods the country with fake products and my friends complain that it's very difficult to distinguish the difference until they buy the product and it lasts only the fraction of the time that the authenic product would last.
I went into an electronic store where thousands of DVDs lined the walls. There was the DVD of an entire season of "Everybody Loves Raymond" being sold for less than $1 and thousands of other American TV shows and movies. I didn't realise they were illegal copies until I told my friend I wanted to buy some and he warned me that they are illegal and I may be caught at customs with them either leaving Vietnam or going into USA.
If the Chinese are going to continue with such unfair activities I do not understand why we would continue to cut our own throats by trading with them.
Golly, I had no idea! (Heavy, ham-fisted sarcasm intended)