On 26-Sep-2010, "Califbill" wrote:

If you live in the U.S, even now, you wouldn't like living almost
anywhere
as the "middle class" in Europe.

bull****

Intelligent input! I'm impressed! One minor point needs to be made.


It most likely does not cost him 20% less to produce the coffee pot than
10
years ago. And that production cost is only 20% of the sales price.

So 20% less production cost, with 40% higher taxes, means the pot sells
for
about the same it did 10 years ago.

"americans" believe that cost affects price; it does not. Buying red
Chinese junk or Asian autos does not make the price lower, it merely helps
to increase or yield a margin for the nasty corporations. Cost is 100%
unrelated to price, always, there are no exceptions.

Make it in China and the production
cost is cut 80%, Presidents previous to your hated Bush gave "Most favored

nation" status to China, and they get to ship here without any penalty.

Correct - more so, nearly every foreign company assembling products (Toyota,
Haier, STIHL, etc.) are foreign trade zones, eliminating all encumbrances to
imported materials and components, yet "Americans" think their Asian auto is
"made" in the U.S.


They cut the sales price 10% and you can not sell your American made pot.
You want fairness, make the same rules for them as do for us. You want to

make cars in China or Japan or South Korea, their laws require you partner

with a Chinese company. Tell Toyota, et. al. which company you want to
partner with. We got 3 to choose from right now. Change the laws to
match
theirs. I do not know where you work in Semiconductors, but you are being

paid less every year as you are stupid. Those Chinese Engineers that you
say do not exist are doing a better job for less money, on an H-1 visa.
China has lots of engineers in China. Lots are graduates of top American
universities. Tell the Legislative bodies that the budget has to be
balanced, and you only get paid with money left over from a balanced
budget.
Not borrowing $0.46 of every $1.00 the government is spending federally.
Same goes for states.

The politicians tell the ignorant masses anything to get a vote - for 30
years foreign companies can ship to the U.S. but, in order of prohibition,
Japan, Korea and China tell their MARKETPLACE, THE U.S., to f**k off.

Ignorance is not bliss.