yyz said:The "smugness" stems from your blithe feelings about thousands of people losing nice paying jobs in this country, so they can be shipped over seas for pennies on the dollar, and how that will shake out to be a boon for the country.
Sounds grate until you face the fact that "Joe Lunch-box" could afford that item when he was working at the "factory" for a decent wage. Now, the item is made for a lot less over seas, and shipped back here to be sold at a slightly lower cost than before. (Hey, we don't want to hurt the corporate bottom line!) Sounds real nice, but now "Lunch-box" can't afford it anyway, so it goes unsold in this country, or purchased by the 15% who can buy it.
No, this outsourcing is not so good.
I am guessing if it was feasible to go to Indonesia to get a cavity filled for $1.99, you would sing a different tune.
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