Oh sorry you didn't understand the point, here let me splain it for you. Generally you can buy an IMPORTED item for about 10% of what it is sold for in teh USA. the example posed aside - but the point well made. I mean we can discuss all day long how MOST people buy by price not by designer, but we'll save that for another day.
You and I both know anyone can purchase a designer product and have it knocked off for pennies on the dollar. So AGAIN my point is leather is leather, thread is thread. A designer jacket made of leather in the USA for $1000.00 can be made anywhere in the world for $100 - $200.00, ( India, China, Taiwan etc. ) My point - had you taken the time to understand it was WHY SPEND ( lest use the invisible leather jacket this time so your brain Synopsis don't explode ) WHY SPEND and additional $800.00 for an American made product, when I can SAVE $800.00 and fund a dozen companies rather than just that one selling the over priced leather jacket?
Ya thought so - no answer for that one. You know ALL jackets are out of style in a year so having the AMERICAN made jacket last to hand down to the grand kids - is irrelevant. If my imported jacket "breaks" I can buy five more or one a year for five years and after the fifth year I will still be wearing a NEW JACKET while you will be wearing a five year old jacket - BOTH SPENDING THE SAME MONEY.
So your arguments all FAIL.
Now for the argument no one ever talks about because most are sheeple and only spew talking points never taking a second to think for themselves. I got a patent on a product and tried to get it produced in the USA. The CAD drawing at the time was 12K, the mold was 25K, to produce ea. part was $40.00 ea. or $40,000.00 for the minimum run. So essentially I was out of business unless I could come up with nearly 80K before I sold the first unit. So all you flag wavers, what about that. USA companies were STOPPING me from starting a business - WHAT NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THAT - what only cricket sounds now.
I sent the whole package to another Country - got it made to MY SPECIFICATIONS tested here in the USA to meet MY STANDARDS, and I got the drawings, mold and 500 pieces ( NOT 1000 ) all for under 10K. WELL, WELL, WELL, lookie there now I can hire 25 people, but a building, make HUGE TAX PAYMENTS to the government, buy medical for my employees, send my daughter to private school, all because of ANOTHER COUNTRY DOING WHAT THE GREAT USA WOULD NOT DO.
So don't fly your American worker flag in my face because the American worker / businesses prevented me from making money.
How many more "American workers " are working because of foreign products. I can tell you most of the workers today rely on foreign products to get a pay check.
You want to point your finger, point it at Union Workers who get $70.00 and hour to DO NOTHING. I can guarantee you this no other country pays people $70.00 TO DO NOTHING because of no layoff contracts.
Postal Service Still Paying Thousands Of Workers To Do Nothing
12,000 paid not to work (UAW Union Alert)
Go ahead if you all want to support AMERICAN workers who do NOTHING - go ahead. I will spend my money wisely on PRODUCTIVE workers and companies and if that means outside teh USA - so be it. I will never give a dime to a union worker to DO NOTHING, I'll burn my money first.
