Made in USA brands

[nospambob]

[CW]

The problem with that is that "work that no one else will do" is only part of the statement. The whole statement is work that no one else will do at the low wage I'm willing to pay. Like the excuse used in the IT industry for bringing in foreign workers and firing their American counterparts.

[daryl1138]

The choice is buy as local as possible. The job your saving may (strike that) WILL be your own. Think of whatever it is that your employer manufactures. I don't care if it is widgets to rockets. There are any number of sub developed nations who can build it cheaper if YOU are willing to buy from them. Are you willing to ship your money offshore just to save $4.99 on that pair of pliers. Are you going to encourage the customers of the products YOU make to save a buck or two by buying the foreign version of whatever it is you do for a living...?

Just noticed your tag line, "Never Enough Money". If you ever want to do your part in turning that around buying the cheapest widget on the shelf isn't a real great start.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Maybe they be sought after more on a DVD? Sent to them via text messaging?

[Brian Elfert]

I want to see any third world country print a daily newspaper, deliver it within three to four hours, and do it for less money.

If the newspaper could even be air freighted in time, the delivery costs would exceed the cost of printing here in the USA.

Brian Elfert

[Edwin Pawlowski]

But they can do the layout from anyplace in the world that has electricity and perhaps a phone line or satellite connection.

[Patriarch]

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in news:s2vee.16102$c86.12673@trndny09:

Strangely enough, that seems to be a _major_ limiting factor in the outsourcing to India/elsewhere craze. According to a VC CEO who spoke earlier this week, finding a building with sufficient (power/water/sewer/transportation/comms) infrastructure has gotten to be a real problem. People can be anywhere, but you still have to have electricity, and you have to be able to support their activities. Tangible goods have to move in and out.

Rather makes you think about the level of investment it took to get the industrialized world up to speed, and the challenge of keeping it there. One of the issues raised (whether correctly or not) in the prices for thiings like oil and cement, was the investment in Chinese infrastructure in the past five years.

Competition in the marketplace exists at many levels.

Patriarch