Originally Posted by Texasjunebug
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
That's certainly true... but I would love to know how much more the fabric would have to cost, to be USA-made instead of China-made.
I believe it could be made right here and not cost one penny more, probably less. We have the crop production, the gins, the manufacturing capability with labor force, the marketing, transportation and distribution. We would have to forfeit the union middle-man profit and unreasonable EPA regulations.
The greatest obstruction for the American worker is fighting to take away the huge profits from the globalist that are working to turn us into a third world country. American mega-corporations are moving manufacturing from China to other ports for cheaper labor. China is becoming too profit greedy.
Think about this - if we did not ship fibers halfway around the world and the products back to us to buy, don't you think it would less? I realize that some international freight companies would have to find other commodities to make money. Is that really our consumer problem? We need to get real, and help our legislators understand that we need our resources, and what's left will happily be shared.
Manufacturers moved production overseas to keep costs low because we as consumers demand it, just as everyone on this thread is doing. It became too expensive to manufacture here when we had to pay hourly wages and other costs that were way above the rate in less developed countries. We are complaining about the very action that kept prices low as long as they were. If we hadn't moved production off-shore, the current price levels would have occurred long ago in the US. We can't say we want to produce here AND we want low prices unless people who work in manufacturing are willing to take a huge pay cut, utility prices are slashed, taxes are reduced, etc.
We can't blame the Chinese or the government for this, only ourselves, for expecting high wages in our pay but low prices for what we purchase.
Sorry, off my soapbox now.