[Mccoypottery-talk] Photos for selling on ebay, etc.

[Jerry Reedy]

There is not an American who has not been affected by this either directly 
or indirectly. If we take a good look at our computer, telephone or coffee 
maker most of it is made over seas. I don't feel buying American is the 
answer either as my wife used to work for a company the proudly stated " 
made in America by America" but was owned by Japanese. Where are you cabbage 
grown? We can complain all we want but would eliminating competition solve 
the problem, I don't think so.  I served in the military and saw first hand 
how third world countries live and they are our competition. I witnessed 
farmers plowing their fields with oxen and women peeing in the streets, 
$100.00 is a lot of money to them and many do a lot worse things than sew 
shirts for $3.00 an hour. Do I understand how they can produce a product for 
half what we do, yes. Plus from what I understand they pay no import tax.
Some how we have got to fairly compete with that.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cunningham, Beth" <Beth.Cunningham@eku.edu>
To: <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Mccoypottery-talk] Photos for selling on ebay, etc.


> Alyce, my "Japanese"car was made about 50 miles from my home,  in 
> Georgetown, KY, where the wages were returned to our local economy and the 
> taxes were paid to our State budget.  Unlike so many "American" cars that 
> are made in Mexico,  Toyota employees receive excellent salaries and 
> Toyota adheres to American environmental laws.  My next car will also be a 
> Camry!  I find your tone to be offensive and your information to be 
> inaccurate.  My husband worked for 20+ years in an American factory and we 
> are very familiar the situation of "outsourcing".  Beth in KY
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> I usually don't respond to these messages, but maybe all you techies 
> should have given a little more thought to "outsourcing" when you were 
> buying Japanese cars, and putting your neighbors who worked in factories 
> out of work years ago..now the shoe is on the techie foot...Hurts, doesn't 
> it, when you can't support YOUR families in a comfortable style because 
> some foreigner who lives in a mud hut takes YOUR jobs! Serves you right. 
> Next time, buy American, and VOTE for politicians who don't ship jobs 
> overseas. It all started with the auto industry years ago, and I'm old 
> enough, and smart enough,  to know what I'm talking about.  YOU helped put 
> my brothers and sons out of work...now how do YOU like it? Get ready to 
> flip burgers and take tips boys and girls! GO BUY ANOTHER JAPANESE CAR OR 
> ANOTHER PAIR OF JAPANESE TENNIS SHOES!
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