Community Chat

[Sushismom]

---

@hckynut wrote:

---

@Krimpette wrote:

I can't believe that manufacturing will come back to this county in a way that makes a difference.  I honestly don't believe that they would be able to staff factories here.

@Krimpette 

Really? Check the millions that already have come back. Unless you are talking strictly high tech employment, you are underestimating how many here really want to work. Ever heard of Mike Rowe?

hckynut(john)

---

---

You're believing the lies. The jobs growth is coming from emerging US industries -- such as American shale -- or were sparked by a post-recession shopping-spree for items already produced domestically, like cars.

Other industries are hurting.

"Most companies are in wait and see mode," says Sree Ramaswamy, Partner at McKinsey & Company, citing a decade old economic expansion and slowing global growth. And with tariff costs and uncertain demand, "most companies are not in a hurry to open a new factory or add a new product line."

[Nightowlz]

---

@Anonymous032819 wrote:

I go for the lowest price for me to buy something.

If it's made here, great, if not, that's fine too.

I am not alone in thinking this way.

Wby do you think Wal-Mart and the Dollar Store are so popular?

---

@Anonymous032819 

I don't want to buy the lowest price of anything. I rather have quality.

My in-laws always said we spend a lot of money on the things we buy but we still have them years down the road which still look new. My in-laws on the other hand always bought the least expensive & got what they paid for. Stuff did not last so they had to fork out more money  to buy the same stuff again???

The leather living room furniture we bought 12 yrs ago still looks like it did when we bought it. My dining room table & chairs still look like they did when I bought it back in 1979. It's heavy solid wood. They don't make it like that now that's for sure.

[Nightowlz]

---

@stevieb wrote:

---

@Sooner wrote:

---

@Krimpette wrote:

Much as I want to support "buy American", I can't believe that manufacturing will come back to this county in a way that makes a difference.  I honestly don't believe that they would be able to staff factories here.

---

@Krimpette I can assure you that when people are hungry or need a roof over their head or have kids to feed factory work looks very good.  At least it did a long time ago when I grew up.  

So are people so privileged that they are too good to work in a factory now?  If that is true, no wonder we're in a mess. 

---

@Sooner  I personally honestly don't know, but it seems those advocating an, um, 'open door policy' fall all over themselves to point out that Americans no longer want the 'lower level' jobs and hence we need, shall we say, an infusion into our work force... Again, I don't know if it's true or not, but it wouldn't surprise me... I do think there are those quite willing to work hard at whatever job they can get, but I also think there has evovled in this country a bit of snobbism about some kinds of work... I do believe, though, that if more manufacturing jobs were located in the right areas, some folks would be thrilled to take them... 

---

@stevieb 

As long as they pay a living wage I don't understand why someone would not want the job. The government will have to stop paying people more when they are not working vs working for decent pay.

Going a little off topic but I'm not for the part of the Green Deal I read about where they want all Americans to make a fair living wage with fair retirement income including those unwilling to work. I'm all for that except the part in paying those unwilling to work. I don't agree with that.

[Puppy Lips]

I am no spring chicken.  But with all that has happened to our business solely due to the virus from CHINA, I will say this.  I would LOVE to have manufacturing job and a steady income.

[Porcelain]

Unpopular opinion but USA made items are not always the best quality either. Sometimes they are. Sometimes they're about the same. It's a mixed bag.

If an item is high quality and made here of at least mostly domestic parts, and it costs a little bit more, I am much more likely to buy it. But I don't care to buy junk in general regardless of where it is made.

I think at least, as a standard practice, not as a law, all products produced in the USA should be labeled clearly as such, with a further label showing when they are made of say 70% or more USA made parts. It would be easier to get companies like QVC to showcase the good. As a profit driven enterprise, they don't want to highlight anything that might turn people off from buying, such as saying an item was made in China.

[Nightowlz]

---

@Puppy Lips wrote:

I am no spring chicken.  But with all that has happened to our business solely due to the virus from CHINA, I will say this.  I would LOVE to have manufacturing job and a steady income.

---

@Puppy Lips 

ITA. We need to bring jobs back to the USA.

Right now we look like we are some 3rd world country they way they are dealing with this virus. Totally ridiculous.

The people around here that have been tested & told they have covid all say they are not sick & the doctors are full of $&^*(?????

I have gotten to the point I don't know who to believe or what to believe. They still show our numbers going up but I have heard they are not correct.

[hckynut]

---

@Sushismom wrote:

---

@hckynut wrote:

---

You're believing the lies. The jobs growth is coming from emerging US industries -- such as American shale -- or were sparked by a post-recession shopping-spree for items already produced domestically, like cars.

Other industries are hurting.

"Most companies are in wait and see mode," says Sree Ramaswamy, Partner at McKinsey & Company, citing a decade old economic expansion and slowing global growth. And with tariff costs and uncertain demand, "most companies are not in a hurry to open a new factory or add a new product line".

@Sushismom 

You can call them lies. My research tells me otherwise. Remember before the ***** virus arrived? I do!  

Short version: record after record after record when it comes to employment. Last 3 months job growth well over estimated numbers. Those were/are facts, ignore them if you wish.

hckynut(john)

[Porcelain]

---

@Puppy Lips wrote:

I am no spring chicken.  But with all that has happened to our business solely due to the [deleted divisive off topic statement] , I will say this.  I would LOVE to have manufacturing job and a steady income.

---

There are always factory and warehouse jobs available if you are willing and able to work extremely hard physically and move location to where the work is.

Many people are not strong or healthy enough to do it, though, just like many of us are not built to be firefighters or professonal football players. Just staying on your feet for 12 hours a day on concrete with almost no breaks is too much for many. Add to that fast precise repetitive motions from an awkward position. It degenerates your back over time. It's harder than most of us think. People's bodies give out and they cannot do that type of job anymore. It's meant for college students, but that is not the majority of those who do that work.

[furbabylover]

Frankly, I am more concerned about the "hoards" of Americans unemployed and living in miserable conditions. And certainly a balance can be achieved that benefits both countries. Right now China is 90%, we are about 10%. Even the playing field.

[Sushismom]

---

@hckynut wrote:

---

@Sushismom wrote:

---

@hckynut wrote:

---

You're believing the lies. The jobs growth is coming from emerging US industries -- such as American shale -- or were sparked by a post-recession shopping-spree for items already produced domestically, like cars.

Other industries are hurting.

"Most companies are in wait and see mode," says Sree Ramaswamy, Partner at McKinsey & Company, citing a decade old economic expansion and slowing global growth. And with tariff costs and uncertain demand, "most companies are not in a hurry to open a new factory or add a new product line".

@Sushismom 

You can call them lies. My research tells me otherwise. Remember before the ***** virus arrived? I do!  

Short version: record after record after record when it comes to employment. Last 3 months job growth well over estimated numbers. Those were/are facts, ignore them if you wish.

hckynut(john)

---

And my research says the opposite. Yes, I'll ignore your "facts".