On 01/08/2010 8:08 AM, Harry wrote:
On 8/1/10 10:03 AM, BAR wrote:
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On 8/1/10 8:35 AM, YukonBound wrote:
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We know U.S. corporations have no compunction about firing workers in
order to further enrich their execs, and apparently they are the same
way about their products, too.
One of my computer printers is dying. A competent repair shop
diagnosed it and informed me a certain part needed replacing. The
printer is a couple of years old and parts are available, but the
manufacturer will not sell the part in question, even to its
authorized service depots.
So I called the printer company Friday, and, after brushing off its
first line of defense, a barely English-speaking clown in India (I
asked, he told me where he was*), I got connected to a series of
U.S.-based service/technical folks.
At the end, the best deal I was offered was to buy a new printer from
the company at a "special price," which was *only* $50 more than
anyone could buy it for from any of at least 100 retailers.
The company I was dealing with used to have a stellar reputation. No
more.
Anyway, this leads me to wonder if anyone is maintaining a list of
those U.S. companies that still provide good products and good
service.
* I have nothing against India or people from that area, but when
these people are hired as the first line of service for U.S.
corporations to deal with U.S. customers, they ought to have decent
facility with...English.
We were watching Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' last night.
Unbelievable what American leaders and CEOs did to the middle class...
especially during Ronnie's years.
Anyone still around should be tried for treason and shot.
We need an emergency and temporary change in the tax laws that says that
if your corporation is making a substantial profit now, and you aren't
hiring Americans, your tax breaks...all of them...disappear.
Does that mean that corporations that buy fine German screwdrivers
should be taxed out of existence too?
German-made tools are fine with me *if* they are made by German workers
who are members of a trade union. I'd surely buy a set before I bought
any products or services that an un-edu-ma-cated moron like you had a
hand in producing.
I get a kick out of this, as so much fraud goes on.
The reality is if you buy a set of tools from say Snap-on, 1/2 or more
come from Asia/China and the case says "Made in America". Ditto places
like Harley Davidson... die cast in China, assembed in the USA.
Toyota - GM, another great example. Toyota has more Amercian content
than say a GM Aveo. Engines often made elsewhere...
But as a consumer, all I care about is TCO and will it do what I want it
to. Make a better, faster, cheaper, widget, I will buy it. Load it up
with union rank, government socialism, protectionism I will either cease
or certianly buy less of it.
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We are all self-made, but only the rich will admit it.