Originally Posted by aftcg
Let's ask ourselves this quesion. Are we willing to spend a few percent more on a car so the guy making the blinker fluid resivoir can afford to send his kids to college so they don't have to be the next blinker fluid resivoir builder?
I'd gladly spend my money on stuff that will pay the American worker, not some Mexican, not some Canadian, (no offense please, just patriotic), ...pay the American worker to buy American stuff, so the other American worker can buy more American stuff.
As much as I hate to say this, but the above is unrealistic. We have a global econcomy with transcations occuring across national and international borders daily. Producers are going to identify the best location for production and use those sights, factors could include government regulation, cost of employers, tax breaks ect. Some employers will stay in the United States, but production occurs on a global scale and will continue to do so. Boycotting Chinese goods would criple the American economic sector. The Chinese goods and producers are too intertwined with the American economy. America's and China economic relationship is similar to the relationship one may have with the bad girl and they know they shouldnt do it but it just seems like a good thing until you look back five yeras later and you are flat broke with busted credit (Not applicable here lol).