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The Stupidity of "Buy American:" The Case Against Economic Protectionism
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<blockquote data-quote="Erick" data-source="post: 1649769" data-attributes="member: 11535"><p>I don't agree with this article at all. We <em>should</em> be buying American made products. We <em>should</em> have Americans working in factories here. </p><p></p><p>I don't agree on most of his points. In my opinion it was an attempt to justify this game we are loosing in international trade. There is no justification for sweat shops. The American company (Nike or Carhart or Ralph Lauren) still sell their products at a premium yet rely on cheap foreign labor. Wrangler jeans haven't gotten any cheaper since they moved from Oklahoma to Mexico. At least when they were here they were supplying Oklahoman's with jobs. I want to know the person that makes the goods I purchase did it with pride and is being compensated with American dollars that they will spend back in America. </p><p></p><p>The problem isn't the workers, it's the environment the companies are forced to do business in. Has anyone else noticed a great many of the factories that have closed in America were Union factories? As I said earlier, there is no justification of not taking care of the worker, but in many cases the unions have been the driving force of this movement to foreign labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erick, post: 1649769, member: 11535"] I don't agree with this article at all. We [I]should[/I] be buying American made products. We [I]should[/I] have Americans working in factories here. I don't agree on most of his points. In my opinion it was an attempt to justify this game we are loosing in international trade. There is no justification for sweat shops. The American company (Nike or Carhart or Ralph Lauren) still sell their products at a premium yet rely on cheap foreign labor. Wrangler jeans haven't gotten any cheaper since they moved from Oklahoma to Mexico. At least when they were here they were supplying Oklahoman's with jobs. I want to know the person that makes the goods I purchase did it with pride and is being compensated with American dollars that they will spend back in America. The problem isn't the workers, it's the environment the companies are forced to do business in. Has anyone else noticed a great many of the factories that have closed in America were Union factories? As I said earlier, there is no justification of not taking care of the worker, but in many cases the unions have been the driving force of this movement to foreign labor. [/QUOTE]
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