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<blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 3845152" data-attributes="member: 25419">Buy from wherever you choose. Cheap, greedy Americans let their dollar dictate to them, and now Wal-Mart, big box stores are king. Mom and pop stores have become rarer and rarer, American-made goods are nearly nonexistent in most big retail places. Same mentality has driven for cheaper goods, cheaper foods, zero customer service, poverty-level wages. If it seems to be working for you, good. It&#039;s really not sustainable though. I know the knee-jerk reaction is &quot;those aren&#039;t supposed to be living wage jobs&quot; - and that&#039;s good because they damn sure aren&#039;t. Maybe get a better job in a manufacturing facility? OK - the ones left in America are trying to compete with China, so wages aren&#039;t all that either. Our appetite for cheap goods and cheap labor is starting to nibble on our butt.&nbsp; Just part of our downward spiral.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TedKennedy, post: 3845152, member: 25419"] Buy from wherever you choose. Cheap, greedy Americans let their dollar dictate to them, and now Wal-Mart, big box stores are king. Mom and pop stores have become rarer and rarer, American-made goods are nearly nonexistent in most big retail places. Same mentality has driven for cheaper goods, cheaper foods, zero customer service, poverty-level wages. If it seems to be working for you, good. It's really not sustainable though. I know the knee-jerk reaction is "those aren't supposed to be living wage jobs" - and that's good because they damn sure aren't. Maybe get a better job in a manufacturing facility? OK - the ones left in America are trying to compete with China, so wages aren't all that either. Our appetite for cheap goods and cheap labor is starting to nibble on our butt. Just part of our downward spiral. [/QUOTE]

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