Walmart= made in China

[poppadawg]

I was wondering the other day what the percentage of goods sold at Walmart were made in China? I bet the percentage would be staggering. Remeber way back in da day when they proudly advertised that they would always try to sell goods that were made in America?
Cheap labor has been Americas weak spot since the begining. The pursuit of more consumer goods and an easier lifestyle by employing/enslaving others that we can exploit. We live like kings based on the labor of the Chinese and Mexicans. Great cheap electronics and everthing else imaginable. Beautiful well maintained yards and cheap labor. Open borders and the loss of manufacturing jobs.
Short sighted as hell.

[texasair]

Last time I looked the common brands of lawn tractors, Murray, MTD etc were still made in America. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
Buy an AMERICAN made riding lawnmower and cut your own grass.

[jc]

I know there are people with disablilities, not able due to work, too old to cut their own grass, etc... I had to get help when I was working out of state a few years ago... keep it local, hire a neighborhood kiddo...

[rio frio]

we call it china mart

[StevePage]

Originally Posted by jc

I know there are people with disablilities, not able due to work, too old to cut their own grass, etc... I had to get help when I was working out of state a few years ago... keep it local, hire a neighborhood kiddo...

I pay the neighbor kid 5 bucks more than what I would have paid an illegal to mow my yard, and I do the weedeating cause he cuts it too short no matter how many times I show him haha. it all started one evening after work and I was about to mow and the neighbor kid was about to finish his and i was dog tired, I hollered over there "hey man I'll give you 20 bucks to do mine" and he's been at it for a year now, and when he ain't mowing, he's cleaning my gutters, he even washed my truck for 10 bucks one day after school cause he was short on his moms birthday present. He knows that when he needs a few bucks I always have a chore that I've been putting off. I'm gonna try to get him to be my shovel operator and help me dig up and then build up the stones around my backyard doorway as they trap water and were not designed too good for drainage but thats next weekends project. He's a good kid, works hard for his money, and isn't afraid to ring the doorbell and ask if there is anything I need done. His mom can't afford a whole lot and the kids dad is a deadbeat, so he truly earns what he has and at 12 years old and skinny little nerdy kid he does real good for himself.

[Team Ranger Bob]

Originally Posted by poppadawg

Cheap labor has been Americas weak spot since the begining. The pursuit of more consumer goods and an easier lifestyle by employing/enslaving others that we can exploit. We live like kings based on the labor of the Chinese and Mexicans.

Another vote for Clinton and Obama, they also think that the worlds problems start and end with Americans other than themselves.

Capitalism is the engine that powers this country, if you do not like Wal-Mart then spend your money some where else, you see the power of this country and its economy give us that privilege.
We can buy cheap and we can also buy the best the world has to offer no matter where it is made, it depends upon a persons means and not the moral attitude of others.

Ranger Bob

[mastercylinder]

Originally Posted by Team Ranger Bob

...if you do not like Wal-Mart then spend your money some where else...

that's exactly what i do.

[poppadawg]

Capitalism rules. Heck I love living like a king. The problem is China is beating us at our own game. We are losing massive numbers of manufacturing jobs to them. They keep their currency devalued so their exported goods are cheaper which makes it impossible to compete with them. In addition their energy needs are subsidize by their govt to the tune of roughly half of what it would cost on the open market. Bottom line, its not a level playing field and our reliance on inexpensive imported goods today will bite us in the butt in the long run.
BTW Im a huge McCain fan. One of the only politicians I've ever actually liked. Usually it's a choice between the lessor of two evils

[Sow Trout]

China will undrgo some huge changes from internal pressures. They cannot continue as they are going.

Originally Posted by poppadawg

Capitalism rules. Heck I love living like a king. The problem is China is beating us at our own game. We are losing massive numbers of manufacturing jobs to them. They keep their currency devalued so their exported goods are cheaper which makes it impossible to compete with them. In addition their energy needs are subsidize by their govt to the tune of roughly half of what it would cost on the open market. Bottom line, its not a level playing field and our reliance on inexpensive imported goods today will bite us in the butt in the long run.
BTW Im a huge McCain fan. One of the only politicians I've ever actually liked. Usually it's a choice between the lessor of two evils

[bill]

Originally Posted by Team Ranger Bob

Capitalism is the engine that powers this country

Ranger Bob

No, Capitalism is what powers our Corporations. If you ask people, they would rather have the jobs here, the money here and the goods made here.

Small family owned businesses need a profit but they also consider the "people factor". They want their employees to be happy and to be able to provide for their familes. Large faceless corportations remove the "people factor" and only want a larger bottom line profit. If cutting jobs and sending them overseas will give their stock more value and keep their bonus up, then you can bank on the jobs going overseas.

This didn't happen overnight. It has been a slow moving trend the past 50+ years. For a long time we as Americans have enjoyed the results but it has now caught up to us. It used to be the same or close to the same quality products shipped in from overseas just at a cheaper price, now it's mostly cheap junk, quality is gone. We have relied on them to tell us if the products are safe and we paid the price with our pets a couple years ago. At some point we will pay the price with American lives.