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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43999)	1/3/2006 7:56:03 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Laz, I remember those days well. I wasn't saying the American consumer should be forced to do anything. Just the opposite. My reference was of the consumers of today that accept faulty, and shoddy, merchandise as if it was all that was on the market. They don't take time to examine the merchandise, just shrug their shoulders, and buy junk of their own free will. The consumer should buy the best product within his price range regardless of where is comes from. My point is that too many of the American consumers just don't give a damn. I said "global" not "large". If global companies are so fair to their employees, why are they out sourcing so many jobs to places that have lower standards, and cut the American worker out of their jobs? I know, unions are one of the problems, but certainly not the only, or biggest, one. We used to have American telemarketers, and as low life as they were, they could be forced to stop calling your home. So what do the global companies to? They set up shop in India, where telemarketers, that can barely even speak English, hound you day and night, and there is nothing we can do to stop them. If you have an American made computer, you have to talk to someone in India to get advice. Medium size businesses who make good products, should do fine, but they don't have the advertising budget, and today's consumers believe every thing they see during TOs of a football game on TV. >>Suppose, after other expenses, a family of 5 has only $400 left and it costs $100 a month to feed a person buying strictly American products or $80 allowing some foreign products. Do you buy the cheaper foreign-American mixture, shoot one family member, or allow all to slowly starve?<< That's a stupid question, and you know it. You do what you gotta do.