If their goods were pieces of crap, do you think that they would still be the #1 retailer?
Since I've been unemployed, if anything breaks, I buy the cheapest possible substitute. Then I hope it lasts long enough so that I have a job when it breaks in it's turn.
Or I just do without.
I hope you never have to go through a rough patch in your happy little life. But if you ever do, please try to learn something fom the experience...
I have, that is why I drive an old car, go to discount stores for clothes, clip coupons for food, buy in bulk when certain items are on sale, and pay off the credit cards every month, and try to save as much as I can.
And still I think that America is the best country on Earth. Do some good budgeting and look for bargains and you can live well.
I've been a professional IT consultant for real close to 20 years. Never had a problem getting work lined up. Great references, great skills, willing to travel to where the job is to get work. DOZENS of people calling me with IT jobs when i was between contracts. Resonable salary.
Don't even get calls in the single digits now. Sent out hundreds of resumes and paid services to send out thousands more. I got back a handful of responses for jobs that I'm not qualified for. Done everything i've done for 20 years and can't get people to even talk about interviews, let alone getting hired.
Don't believe the ones above who tell ya that employment numbers aren't important and that outsourcing isn't importan and H1B "GUEST" visas aren't important.
They're ALL important. I'm coming out of denial now that I'm on the verge of losing the house that I've been putting my sweat and labor into for 7 years now. You bet its hurting the economy.
The ones who are denying that its happening are the ones who's employers simply haven't figured out how to outsource their jobs yet to find a way to get it done cheaper by some foreigner.
I'm looking at going from $45/hr to $10-15/hr. Thats going to hurt the taxbase and the economy since I'll have FAR less disposable income to spend and far less money to save. And with my skills and qualifications a job or consulting contract should be a slam dunk. I doubt I'm the only one in this situation. www.dice.com ran a survey of its IT pros and found that in the year post 911 the IT industry lost 630,000 jobs.
Godspeed