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[sepulchre]

our economic woes, and the spread of offshore vendors is solely due to the short-sightedness and EXTREME greed of American business executives over the past thirty five years. I won't mince words,...I hope every one of the bastards that off-shore'd a single worker or whose company holds millions of dollars in other countries to avoid taxes,...burns in Hell!!!

+100!!

Sorry if I'm frank, but this is sore point for me. No, I haven't been personally affected by these things, but I have daughters and grand-daughters who will probably see the end of American prosperity in their lifetimes.

adoc1

It might not be superficially evident but I believe we are All effected already and have been for quite some time. I also, completely agree with VK's assessment of China's business ethics, or lack thereof. Most favored nation indeed! Hrrmph!

[Leo_Gnardo]

I am down on China because so many of our jobs transferred there, but it was largely US 'business' men that made it happen.

+1

I am down on China for stealing so many products. I am down on Behringer for that too. I am down on China for poor business ethics and lack of morals. I am down on China for reverse engineering and stealing ideas and inventions that others worked hard to create and paid high costs to materialize. There is a lot wrong with China, but there is a lot wrong with the world and there is a lot wrong with people.

Again, same complaints about Japan in the 60-70's.

Behringer - good German company, bought up by Sam Ash, manufacturing moved to Korea then China, where the quality went to "disposable." Samson, another Sam Ash company (Sam's son, get it?) more disposable crapola gear. Others besides - Hartke for instance - under the owership of Sam Ash. And if I'm not mistaken, Musician's Fiend is Sam's online sales branch. On one hand, you can't blame people who want MI gear cheap for buying what they think will give them the best bang for the buck, on the other, building to disposable quality gives me the creeps. In other products, putting melamine in food products or substituting ethylene glycol for glycerine are dowright stupid, criminal activities.

One of our correspondents, renshen57, remarked a couple months ago, he travels to China for business, and has been asked by his Chinese contacts why US companies only order the cheapest build quality. They could do better, and they know it, but the order is "make it the cheapest way." So the problem is at both ends of the manufacturing line, ordering and building.

[JazzGuitarGimp]

The root of the problem lies in the greed of american companies.

[John_P_WI]

The root of the problem lies in the greed of american companies.

And that everyone wants a $10 DVD player....

[Reeltarded]

We could always put tremendous tarrifs on the imports and lanquish in total mediocrity while thinking we are badasses but because we are lazy buttholes.

We made competition immoral.

Here's your trophy and your gruel. Take your seat.

[JazzGuitarGimp]

The root of the problem lies in the greed of american companies.

And that everyone wants a $10 DVD player....

Our economy was much better off before the internet gave way "the global economy".

[jelle]

I fixed that for you.

Our *Planet* was much better off before the internet gave way "the global economy".

[JazzGuitarGimp]

I fixed that for you.

Our *Planet* was much better off before the internet gave way "the global economy".

Aye, 'ndeed matey!

[Reeltarded]

Oooh! Algebra.

G-(AH-BS)/1=O

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