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Let me ask you something, be honest. What brand shoe are you wearing?
I don't really know the brand. I ordered them from LL Bean. They were advertised as being made in the US. They have the LL Bean label on them, so who knows the origin of manufacture.
I don't really know the brand. I ordered them from LL Bean. They were advertised as being made in the US. They have the LL Bean label on them, so who knows the origin of manufacture.
And you paid about $200 to $300 for them right? While I'm glad you are buying products in the US most people are not going to buy $200+ footwear. You can buy a pair of Red Wing boots for about $280, an almost identical boot from their Chinese made division Worx is $120.
Flipping burgers is probably more fun than assembling phones. At least they can talk and there is no pressure from the ever-running assembly line.
And I don't see a lot of young Americans (especially white ones) to flip burgers either.
Flipping burgers is probably more fun than assembling phones. At least they can talk and there is no pressure from the ever-running assembly line.
And I don't see a lot of young Americans (especially white ones) to flip burgers either.
Exactly. And they get to take unsold food home at the end of the day. Nobody is going to perform menial, boring, tedious labor for the same wage, or less, as one can get at the burger joint. In China, the workers are paid a fraction of what our nation's burger flippers are paid. How can the U.S. possibly compete???
Who wants to go home tired and reeking of industrial oil when they can enjoy the smell of delicious french fries all day long, and take some home too!
I'm guessing but perhaps Japanese companies own the patents for the desired parts so they can't be manufactured by anyone else?
LOL! Chinese companies violate patent rights all the time. They have been doing it, and getting away with it famously, for decades.
Germany can afford to pay their workers more because they have better equipment, import taxes/tariffs and they know what the hell they are doing. Manufacturing is a respectable occupation in Germany, so they have better quality workers to choose from. In America, young people go to college so they don't have to endure awful, low paying, unrewarding careers like the majority found in manufacturing. Hence, manufacturers are stuck with poorly qualified, largely useless workers.
LOL! Chinese companies violate patent rights all the time. They have been doing it, and getting away with it famously, for decades.
Yes, but the Japanese companies would sue Apple, not the Chinese.
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