[Vision2020] FW: Made in China

[Kai Eiselein, Editor]

We've got people screaming, "We've got to join the world community, 
economically and socially!!
Then they turn around and yell, "Buy American!" Then drive off in their 
Canadian made cars, listening to their Japanese made mp-3 players and 
talking on their Chinese made cell phones to make plans for their next trip 
to Cancun.

Umm, yeah, okay....... whatever


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From: "Kenneth Marcy" <kmmos1 at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:10 PM
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW:  Made in China

> On Wednesday 22 October 2008 13:55:35 Ellen Roskovich wrote:
>> I was cleaning out some old files when I ran across this.  Back in July
>> 2007 only one person picked up on this and replied to me. . . but today
>> maybe it's a more timely topic.  So, I'm putting it out there again. . . 
>> 15
>> months later.  Any thoughts?
>
> The first thought that comes to mind is that there are several search 
> engines
> available to Internet users that can provide at least partial answers to 
> this
> question with very little keyboard effort. For example, Pendleton Mills
> clothing from Oregon, Carhartt work clothes from Michigan, Red Wing boots
> from Minnesota, Kitchenaid appliances from Michigan, etc., etc. Much more.
>
> The second thought that comes to mind is that, from the point of view of 
> the
> American economy, even better than American goods made and used by 
> Americans
> are goods made in America and exported to other countries in exchange for
> cash sent to America. An example that comes to mind is the Boeing Aircraft
> Company, which sells billions of dollars worth of aircraft annually. Many
> other USA-based companies export goods, services, and commodities.
>
> Another phenomenon worth noting is that some American companies are simply
> moving to other countries and setting up shop there. McDonald's and 
> Starbucks
> have long had aggressive foreign growth plans, and other well-known 
> companies
> are well-internationalized. Microsoft in Ireland to manufacture, in 
> England
> to research, and in India to grow the next generation of programmers. The
> world is flat, crowded, hot, and inhospitable to those unwilling to 
> change.
>
> Yet another more recent trend is American companies linking themselves
> electronically to foreign companies to provide services to themselves. The
> products made and services delivered by American companies may not be
> entirely produced in the USA because it is less expensive, and sometimes 
> more
> timely, to have the service performed elsewhere. For example, 
> international
> Internet connectivity and workflow software allow X-rays taken in a 
> Bangor,
> Maine, hospital to be analyzed in real-time in Bangalore, India, while the
> Maine operating procedure is in progress.
>
> Unfortunately, Americans seem lately to be exporting war, financial system
> crises, and inflation that may affect more foreign consumers than some of 
> our
> less controversial exports. I am concerned that similar hospitality may be
> returned to the USA as others are able to do so if Americans do not find 
> it
> in themselves to make themselves more mutually valuable to other countries
> with more mutually intelligent international policies.
>
>
> Ken
>
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Kai Eiselein
Editor, Latah Eagle