Change and Adjustment…It’s Hard ….
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:22 am
It’s raining so I’m inside looking at bills and cost of operation and decided to vent a little if someone cares.
I had to purchase a very expensive tire for a large piece of equipment recently. I tried to shop locally and prices weren’t what I thought they should be so I reluctantly went to the web and big tire shops in the closest major city. The best price I could find was for a known brand (named USA brand) shipped directly from New York to my house. I hated to buy away from the local people, but the difference was almost $500.00.
When the tire arrive and after inspection I found made in China on it. Of course many things went through my mind plus a telephone call to the manufacture because this was not disclosed on the sale. They said all the big equipment tires are made in China and have been for some time. I guess I’m in my little cocoon and don’t get out that often but it’s hard to believe that a tire made that for away and be transported here cheaper than it could have been made in this country.
Also I’ve read the most American made (U.S./Canadian parts) cars now mostly go to a non USA company(s) for 2012.
I’m not trying to be political; I’m one that believes our President(s) now or four years ago has never had the power to change this; only large corporations are doing what is profitable for them and what shakes out is what it is.
What I see is; large named USA corporations moving from the U.S. saying we aren’t friendly to them because of taxes, unions, EPA restrictions and ect. then, move to a county paying people next to nothing and sell goods back to us at a large profit. Privately/public owned corporations should have and can do what it takes to make a profit and in my (Joe six pack) mind that’s justifiable until you look at Germany.
Germany labor force is mostly unionized ,wages are very good, Germany provides universal medical coverage, Germany is very green EPA wise, German retirement age is 65 unless you are disabled, German pension system is very close to the U.S. and at the same time Germany is the third most powerful economy in the world with a unemployment rate at 6.8%! I’m not trying to say Germany’s way of doing things is superior but what I’m looking at is; an industrialized country with large corporations that has available benefits to its citizens/workers and supposedly that's why the U.S. companies are moving away because they say they are threaten by the cost of these things in the U.S. Maybe someone with more of an intellectual background than I have can explain that. (That won’t take much)
I can understand why companies go to China, India and ect. because of cheap labor right or wrong on their part. How can corporations stay in Germany and be happy and not in the U.S.?
The tire… It’s staying. I guess unknowingly I added to China’s economy and put another U.S. worker out of work.
I own a few things that are truly USA made that’s soon becoming a rarity.
Change and Adjustment…It’s Hard ….
I had to purchase a very expensive tire for a large piece of equipment recently. I tried to shop locally and prices weren’t what I thought they should be so I reluctantly went to the web and big tire shops in the closest major city. The best price I could find was for a known brand (named USA brand) shipped directly from New York to my house. I hated to buy away from the local people, but the difference was almost $500.00.
When the tire arrive and after inspection I found made in China on it. Of course many things went through my mind plus a telephone call to the manufacture because this was not disclosed on the sale. They said all the big equipment tires are made in China and have been for some time. I guess I’m in my little cocoon and don’t get out that often but it’s hard to believe that a tire made that for away and be transported here cheaper than it could have been made in this country.
Also I’ve read the most American made (U.S./Canadian parts) cars now mostly go to a non USA company(s) for 2012.
I’m not trying to be political; I’m one that believes our President(s) now or four years ago has never had the power to change this; only large corporations are doing what is profitable for them and what shakes out is what it is.
What I see is; large named USA corporations moving from the U.S. saying we aren’t friendly to them because of taxes, unions, EPA restrictions and ect. then, move to a county paying people next to nothing and sell goods back to us at a large profit. Privately/public owned corporations should have and can do what it takes to make a profit and in my (Joe six pack) mind that’s justifiable until you look at Germany.
Germany labor force is mostly unionized ,wages are very good, Germany provides universal medical coverage, Germany is very green EPA wise, German retirement age is 65 unless you are disabled, German pension system is very close to the U.S. and at the same time Germany is the third most powerful economy in the world with a unemployment rate at 6.8%! I’m not trying to say Germany’s way of doing things is superior but what I’m looking at is; an industrialized country with large corporations that has available benefits to its citizens/workers and supposedly that's why the U.S. companies are moving away because they say they are threaten by the cost of these things in the U.S. Maybe someone with more of an intellectual background than I have can explain that. (That won’t take much)
I can understand why companies go to China, India and ect. because of cheap labor right or wrong on their part. How can corporations stay in Germany and be happy and not in the U.S.?
The tire… It’s staying. I guess unknowingly I added to China’s economy and put another U.S. worker out of work.
I own a few things that are truly USA made that’s soon becoming a rarity.
Change and Adjustment…It’s Hard ….