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

[Betty Nelson]

I have heard different ones say that the only answer is something like a
world wide mininum wage.  Go to some of the foreign countries and offer
anyone the wages that a JohnDeere assembly line worker makes and the
benefits and you would create someone that would be the wealthiest person in
the entire area.  ;-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Reedy" <jreedy62@msn.com>
To: <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] Photos for selling on ebay, etc.


> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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