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Production finds the lowest cost with acceptable quality.
You should see what is going on in ebay and Amazon -- I am buying direct from China and cutting out the middleman. I bought a set of packing bags for my suitcase they were $8 shipped (landed price) from China direct by post.
The importers were selling the same items for $26 - $29. WTF the Chinaman is happy with 4.95 (the postage was 3.95).
You want to make the argument that I should pay $50.00 for a similar item made in the USA and give a shit shoveler $15/hr + benefits? Some low value items should be sourced from the most competitive product manufactured globally.
It is not 1960 anymore. We do business globally and there has not been a giant war since WW2. This is one reason why. In spite of nationalism and ideology the world has become globally trade interdependent. Those charts don't mean fuck-all. How much money is in the bank and what you can do with it before it is worth less is all that matters. Time waits for no man and money changes hands -- get in the game -- life is short.
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