Friday, January 18, 2008
Rabbit Trails
You ever head down those mental rabbit trails that lead you to places you never imagine?!? Today I was cleaning the litter box (glamorous, I know) and began thinking about all the toy recalls and weird stuff happening with products made in China. Don't ask how I got there. I sort of know, but I'm not willing to share it publicly for fear that people might think I'm a little -ahem- psycho. So, I asked myself this hypothetical question. What would happen if the average American consumer quit buying products made in China? It would be next to impossible, I imagine, as most everything at Wal-Mart would be out of the question. What effect would it have on the American job market? How would that kind of economic pressure have on China? Would it change the quality of goods they export or their attention to human rights? What effect would it have on the global marketplace if the demand for goods made in China dramatically dropped off? What do you think?
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You are right it would change things... the only problem is that I have tried looking and honestly can find very little not made there, even when buying things that are more expensive... and it is not only the US who uses them for cheap labor, we buy a specific brand of German toys and after a short time I realized they were all stamped with "Made in China"... I thought I was paying the high prices for a German product... ugh.
Thank you for de-lurking the other day! It's great to see some of the non-commenters :-) I'm guilty of it too, I have tons of blogs on my reader but only comment on about 25%.
I have enjoyed your blog and will be back- thanks for the coffee invite! I would so love to head down to TX and have a bloggy meetup!
Renae,
Before you add a blog to your "blogs to read"..do you ask the blogger's permission? Just curious..if I should. Carrie
I would love to buy American and even pay more for it,if it would help with U.S. jobs and our economy. I really hate how manufacturing jobs have gone to other countries, but now you can hardly call a company and speak to an American. I think it is sad and I wish I knew what I could do about it.
I do not know enough about economics to know what is good for the U.S. and what is not.
Very good topic.
I banned Walmart after watching a documentary on HBO called "Walmart-The High Cost Of Low Price"...i have only been in a walmart 2 times in the past 4 months because I feel so strongly about how horrible of a company they are. tata for now
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