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Today the United States is portrayed as a "service" nation not an "industrial" nation which means we sell the goods other countries produce. Back in the early 1900s the United States produced some of the highest quality goods in the world including automobiles, appliances, electronics, and more! Turn on your TV and watch any restoration show and you'll see just how well products made in the United States during this time were. TV's from the 1930s are still running today with no restoration needed while my three-year-old Samsung LCD TV is going to crap and unrepairable. As a business person I understand the greed of companies. Within the last few decades companies have purposefully manufactured goods to be less than durable and that last three times less than products did in the early 1900s. In other words, companies purposefully make items that they know will develop problems after the warranty is up so that the consumer will be forced to go out and buy a new product only a couple years after they purchase their new product. Although companies think that this is a genius idea they forget that once a consumer sees that a specific company's products last only a couple of years they shy away from this company and purchase their new product from another. In my case I'll never buy ANYTHING made by Samsung again because I know how unreliable they are. So, in short, what did Samsung accomplish by producing and selling a half-*** machine? They just lost another customer.
My point is this: if the United States would heavily tax all imported goods (the same goods that are guaranteed to be useless in a short period of time), companies would be forced to bring jobs back to the United States. Then, maybe then, the United States can return to what it once was: a prospering manufacturing country (as well as a service country) whose products far surpass their foreign counterparts. I don't know about you but I would rather buy a vehicle made in the United States in the 1950s than a brand new vehicle today. Why? The 1950s vehicle would last longer and would more than likely require less maintenance. Overseas manufacturers today just can't compare to manufactures in the United States at the turn of the 20th century.

Today the United States is portrayed as a "service" nation not an "industrial" nation which means we sell the goods other countries produce. Back in the early 1900s the United States produced some of the highest quality goods in the world including automobiles, appliances, electronics, and more! Turn on your TV and watch any restoration show and you'll see just how well products made in the United States during this time were. TV's from the 1930s are still running today with no restoration needed while my three-year-old Samsung LCD TV is going to crap and unrepairable. As a business person I understand the greed of companies. Within the last few decades companies have purposefully manufactured goods to be less than durable and that last three times less than products did in the early 1900s. In other words, companies purposefully make items that they know will develop problems after the warranty is up so that the consumer will be forced to go out and buy a new product only a couple years after they purchase their new product. Although companies think that this is a genius idea they forget that once a consumer sees that a specific company's products last only a couple of years they shy away from this company and purchase their new product from another. In my case I'll never buy ANYTHING made by Samsung again because I know how unreliable they are. So, in short, what did Samsung accomplish by producing and selling a half-*** machine? They just lost another customer.
My point is this: if the United States would heavily tax all imported goods (the same goods that are guaranteed to be useless in a short period of time), companies would be forced to bring jobs back to the United States. Then, maybe then, the United States can return to what it once was: a prospering manufacturing country (as well as a service country) whose products far surpass their foreign counterparts. I don't know about you but I would rather buy a vehicle made in the United States in the 1950s than a brand new vehicle today. Why? The 1950s vehicle would last longer and would more than likely require less maintenance. Overseas manufacturers today just can't compare to manufactures in the United States at the turn of the 20th century.

Today the United States is portrayed as a "service" nation not an "industrial" nation which means we sell the goods other countries produce. Back in the early 1900s the United States produced some of the highest quality goods in the world including automobiles, appliances, electronics, and more! Turn on your TV and watch any restoration show and you'll see just how well products made in the United States during this time were. TV's from the 1930s are still running today with no restoration needed while my three-year-old Samsung LCD TV is going to crap and unrepairable. As a business person I understand the greed of companies. Within the last few decades companies have purposefully manufactured goods to be less than durable and that last three times less than products did in the early 1900s. In other words, companies purposefully make items that they know will develop problems after the warranty is up so that the consumer will be forced to go out and buy a new product only a couple years after they purchase their new product. Although companies think that this is a genius idea they forget that once a consumer sees that a specific company's products last only a couple of years they shy away from this company and purchase their new product from another. In my case I'll never buy ANYTHING made by Samsung again because I know how unreliable they are. So, in short, what did Samsung accomplish by producing and selling a half-*** machine? They just lost another customer.
My point is this: if the United States would heavily tax all imported goods (the same goods that are guaranteed to be useless in a short period of time), companies would be forced to bring jobs back to the United States. Then, maybe then, the United States can return to what it once was: a prospering manufacturing country (as well as a service country) whose products far surpass their foreign counterparts. I don't know about you but I would rather buy a vehicle made in the United States in the 1950s than a brand new vehicle today. Why? The 1950s vehicle would last longer and would more than likely require less maintenance. Overseas manufacturers today just can't compare to manufactures in the United States at the turn of the 20th century.

Today the United States is portrayed as a "service" nation not an "industrial" nation which means we sell the goods other countries produce. Back in the early 1900s the United States produced some of the highest quality goods in the world including automobiles, appliances, electronics, and more! Turn on your TV and watch any restoration show and you'll see just how well products made in the United States during this time were. TV's from the 1930s are still running today with no restoration needed while my three-year-old Samsung LCD TV is going to crap and unrepairable. As a business person I understand the greed of companies. Within the last few decades companies have purposefully manufactured goods to be less than durable and that last three times less than products did in the early 1900s. In other words, companies purposefully make items that they know will develop problems after the warranty is up so that the consumer will be forced to go out and buy a new product only a couple years after they purchase their new product. Although companies think that this is a genius idea they forget that once a consumer sees that a specific company's products last only a couple of years they shy away from this company and purchase their new product from another. In my case I'll never buy ANYTHING made by Samsung again because I know how unreliable they are. So, in short, what did Samsung accomplish by producing and selling a half-*** machine? They just lost another customer.
My point is this: if the United States would heavily tax all imported goods (the same goods that are guaranteed to be useless in a short period of time), companies would be forced to bring jobs back to the United States. Then, maybe then, the United States can return to what it once was: a prospering manufacturing country (as well as a service country) whose products far surpass their foreign counterparts. I don't know about you but I would rather buy a vehicle made in the United States in the 1950s than a brand new vehicle today. Why? The 1950s vehicle would last longer and would more than likely require less maintenance. Overseas manufacturers today just can't compare to manufactures in the United States at the turn of the 20th century.

Today the United States is portrayed as a "service" nation not an "industrial" nation which means we sell the goods other countries produce. Back in the early 1900s the United States produced some of the highest quality goods in the world including automobiles, appliances, electronics, and more! Turn on your TV and watch any restoration show and you'll see just how well products made in the United States during this time were. TV's from the 1930s are still running today with no restoration needed while my three-year-old Samsung LCD TV is going to crap and unrepairable. As a business person I understand the greed of companies. Within the last few decades companies have purposefully manufactured goods to be less than durable and that last three times less than products did in the early 1900s. In other words, companies purposefully make items that they know will develop problems after the warranty is up so that the consumer will be forced to go out and buy a new product only a couple years after they purchase their new product. Although companies think that this is a genius idea they forget that once a consumer sees that a specific company's products last only a couple of years they shy away from this company and purchase their new product from another. In my case I'll never buy ANYTHING made by Samsung again because I know how unreliable they are. So, in short, what did Samsung accomplish by producing and selling a half-*** machine? They just lost another customer.
My point is this: if the United States would heavily tax all imported goods (the same goods that are guaranteed to be useless in a short period of time), companies would be forced to bring jobs back to the United States. Then, maybe then, the United States can return to what it once was: a prospering manufacturing country (as well as a service country) whose products far surpass their foreign counterparts. I don't know about you but I would rather buy a vehicle made in the United States in the 1950s than a brand new vehicle today. Why? The 1950s vehicle would last longer and would more than likely require less maintenance. Overseas manufacturers today just can't compare to manufactures in the United States at the turn of the 20th century.

Today the United States is portrayed as a "service" nation not an "industrial" nation which means we sell the goods other countries produce. Back in the early 1900s the United States produced some of the highest quality goods in the world including automobiles, appliances, electronics, and more! Turn on your TV and watch any restoration show and you'll see just how well products made in the United States during this time were. TV's from the 1930s are still running today with no restoration needed while my three-year-old Samsung LCD TV is going to crap and unrepairable. As a business person I understand the greed of companies. Within the last few decades companies have purposefully manufactured goods to be less than durable and that last three times less than products did in the early 1900s. In other words, companies purposefully make items that they know will develop problems after the warranty is up so that the consumer will be forced to go out and buy a new product only a couple years after they purchase their new product. Although companies think that this is a genius idea they forget that once a consumer sees that a specific company's products last only a couple of years they shy away from this company and purchase their new product from another. In my case I'll never buy ANYTHING made by Samsung again because I know how unreliable they are. So, in short, what did Samsung accomplish by producing and selling a half-*** machine? They just lost another customer.
My point is this: if the United States would heavily tax all imported goods (the same goods that are guaranteed to be useless in a short period of time), companies would be forced to bring jobs back to the United States. Then, maybe then, the United States can return to what it once was: a prospering manufacturing country (as well as a service country) whose products far surpass their foreign counterparts. I don't know about you but I would rather buy a vehicle made in the United States in the 1950s than a brand new vehicle today. Why? The 1950s vehicle would last longer and would more than likely require less maintenance. Overseas manufacturers today just can't compare to manufactures in the United States at the turn of the 20th century.

The last time obama went to China for money there was a stipulation put in bt the chineese and that stipulation is the US would NOT modify our trade laws. Guess who agreed to it. obama

The last time obama went to China for money there was a stipulation put in bt the chineese and that stipulation is the US would NOT modify our trade laws. Guess who agreed to it. obama

That is called "protectionism", and was tried in the 30s... didn't work

"Protectionism Would Just Trade Recession for Depression"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120502609.html

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