I'm not OK with them forcing their junk down our throats and stealing away our jobs. But it's not really their fault, it's our government and the way we allow big business to run. I believe in a free market, but are the big national and international business playing by the rules? I think not.
We can't blame our govt. entirely. While I agree they do play a big role, almost everyone of us as consumers are at fault as well.
As consumers most people demand low prices and with American wages where they are, companies are forced to go overseas as well. Think about it, We are so high on the wage scale compared to the world, and with our desire to get a bargain, consume and throw away, we create our own bed. Few people will actually take a stand and do what's best for the Community. If they did, like they used to back in the day we could be in a better boat.
The govt. can regulate and tax imports as they should, but it is still up to us to shop conciously. I don't want to turn this against Wal-Mart, but we all know them (and many other large chains are just as guilty) they outsource somewhere along 90% of all their "house brands" to China in order to offer their low prices. They demand vendors give them low prices or don't sell in their stores....so vendors get forced to outsource their production to China. And yet, most everyone still shops at Wal-Mart. Sure they are employing a large quantity of people, but those wages are peanuts compared to alot of the jobs that are lost in the process.
So, as long as we are on the high end of wages/standard of living and the economy gets more and more global, get ready to take slides downwards.....eventually it will even out, I just think Americans will be the ones to take the biggest hit
