tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183083652361616813.post6168279590415179366..comments2022-11-12T05:49:13.288-07:00Comments on Just Some Boobs: Christmas Time!Jessica Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08127961421087845679noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183083652361616813.post-44056384249572486032009-12-31T19:45:56.299-07:002009-12-31T19:45:56.299-07:00PS - Good for you for trying to avoid made in Chin...PS - Good for you for trying to avoid made in China. Unfortunately it is also made in a lot of other foreign countries. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183083652361616813.post-90278272014929933762009-12-31T19:44:59.697-07:002009-12-31T19:44:59.697-07:00You are right and G's mom is wrong. The reason...You are right and G's mom is wrong. The reason everything is made in China is because the labor is cheap. So we are essentially using overseas slave labor. Meanwhile, the cheap crap flooding the market means that they don't have to pay people a decent wage in order for us to live. But the real cost is that we are all working at crap wages and getting crap products. All this crap is screwing up the environment. Do we need all this cheap crap? Wouldn't it be nice to go back to a paradigm where people were paid a decent wage, and made a good product that lasted?<br /><br />See <a href="http://www.thestoryofstuff.com" rel="nofollow">The Story of Stuff</a> if you want a real understanding of this issue. Also interesting book on the subject is "Cheap".<br /><br />-AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4183083652361616813.post-34435027111006466812009-12-26T11:24:19.883-07:002009-12-26T11:24:19.883-07:00G's mom is partly right - I believe that Union...G's mom is partly right - I believe that Unions have priced the US worker out of the market. Not all their fault, each of has to answer for wanting big wages and for making those wages go further towards buying "stuff" by purchasing the cheaper stuff made in China - out sourced because the manufacturer couldn't afford to produce in the USA - due to the high wages demanded by unions - or, if priced to make a profit (essential, btw) no one would purchase their product at the higher price. Vicious circle.<br />You have the right idea - if we each do what we can, eventually you'll raise a generation that will be less materialistic - not an easy task in today's world - I don't envy young parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com