I really think there’s a market for a new chain of stores called, “Made in America” which obviously would sell all American made products.
The author forgets that markets fill vaccuums. If China were to stopp sending their goods to the US, someone else would fill those orders... and rather swiftly. Then China would have all these goods and have lost their biggest trading partner. And who knows, maybe some American manufacturer may start opening factories again????
I boycott Chinese products and I don’t have to walk around naked. It’s actually interesting to look at clothing labels . . . the last sweater I bought was made in the Mariana Islands, so technically one could say I even bought U.S.
Hanes and FOTL are made in Honduras and El Salvador, respectively. Clothing at the discounters is primarily made in Indonesia, Egypt, and Pakistan. WalMart does carry some Chinese stuff, but it's shoddy junk. I buy my clothes at Target and get better quality for a (slightly) higher price. It's still cheaper than I can make anything but a detail-constructed business or party dress from scratch.
I think the author exaggerates China’s clothing production.
Wal-Mart has clothing made in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Egypt among places other than China.
Boycott China. Full Speed Ahead.
P.S. The label on my underpants says “Dominican Republic.”
Lucia never heard of thrift stores
I don’t buy Chinese and I am not Liberal or a Yuppie.
I think the stuff they make, from travel coffee mugs to quilts, is TRASH. They used shoddy materials and faulty workmanship.
I disrespect EVERYTHING about them and all that comes from there. I always look at tags and country of origin for everything.
just checked ...
Levis : made in Egypt
shirt Cherokee (from Target): made in Guatamala
shopping for my nephews first birthday found a ball of suitable size labled made in China, left it there on the shelf.
I pay attention and have avoided Chinese goods for some time now.
I don’t think I have ever purchased clothing at Wal-Mart. Why does the author of the article assume everyone buys from Wal-Mart? I actually have clothes from Canada and Italy. If the US consumers want cheap junk from Wal-Mart they are only hurting themselves. My clothes may cost 3-5 times as much but they wear better and last far longer. Being penny wise and pound foolish is just dumb.
I can understand for childrens’ clothing cheap can be a best buy as kids wear out and grow out of clothing very quickly, but not for adults.
I believe that if our country had to face an invasion by foreign armies we would not be able to manufacture the tanks, troop transports, tires, gasoline, diesel, rifles, bullets, uniforms, backpacks, utility belts, shovels, military patches and flags. We, we might be able to make them, but not fast enough.
My parents used to say 'The Chinese and North Koreans are so numerous they could float over on rafts and stone us all to death.' That saying is more true today than it was in 1952.
Just a few EMP weapons would knock out our communications. [Gooogle it yourself] Such an attack might also disable most of our air defense capability. The Russians, Chinese and N. Koreans sill use 'obsolete' vacuum tubes. Our great high tech weapons are vulnerable to EMP. Something to think about, isn't it _____________?
There are alternatives to free-market capitalism: for example, a system in which the interests of a given nation or state are placed above profit. In such an economy, capitalists are free to do business as they wish so long as what they do does not harm the interest of their home nation. A government might for example enact laws preventing capitalists from going abroad to find cheap labor in order to prevent the nation's manufacturing base from being reduced in size, or to keep employment levels high, or to fight deflation. It might set high tariffs to keep foreign goods out in order to create markets for more expensive domestically-produced goods. It might choose to subsidize (via public ownership, tax exemptions, or direct subsidies) certain domestic industries (aircraft, shipyards, etc.) in order to ensure these industries continue to exist. Or it might choose to reimburse certain industries (railroads, power generation, etc.) against losses in order to maintain them at a "going concern" level for national security reasons.
All such forms of government regulation distort the operation of a free market, and thus the market's natural price-setting function. In short, citizens of a state with a regulated economy pay more for certain goods. However, in exchange for these higher prices they receive certain benefits that cannot be provided by the market: increased national security, higher employment (at inflated wages), and the psychological comfort of knowing that their homeland is still capable of producing physical wealth.
We as a nation have made our choice. We have chosen to elevate individual liberty over the interest of the nation. That is what Free Trade is. Therefore, when you hear that the American textile industry no longer exists, or that we as a nation have lost the capacity to produce our own ships, or that a foreign aircraft company has been awarded a contract to build military aircraft for our armed forces, do not complain. We wanted a free-market capitalist system, and now we must live with its consequences: a world where corporations are loyal to no one and nothing except their shareholders, and where human beings once known as "personnel" have become nothing more than commodified human resources.
“Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids.” Teresa Heinz Kerry