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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (7648)	5/16/2008 11:56:02 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

Most pipe, along with most valves, pipe fittings, and other products are not produced in America any more. It has been that way now for decades. I'll guess that 92% of these that I sell are made overseas. Our steel industry has been decimated by allowing other countries to avoid tariffs for using unfair government subsidies to make them competitive. Please recall that these domestic jobs were great for our men and women. Being right smack dab in the middle of these truths has been quite an education. Maybe the only benefit of this has been that our waters and environment have not been destroyed as much as China, Taiwan, Japan, and other countries who could give a poop about their air and land. And by the way try living without PVF. (Pipe, valves, and fittings)