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Would You Buy From China?

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I'm kinda curious...
If you were comparing two different products...and discovered that both were fairly similar...most people choose the product that is cheaper in price.

But today with lots of resentment towards. PRC...

Will you continue to buy Chinese goods?
Or if the price is not significantly more would you rather spend a few bucks and buy someone else's product?
 
I'm kinda curious...
If you were comparing two different products...and discovered that both were fairly similar...most people choose the product that is cheaper in price.

But today with lots of resentment towards. PRC...

Will you continue to buy Chinese goods?
Or if the price is not significantly more would you rather spend a few bucks and buy someone else's product?
Sometimes we can't help buying from China because that's all there is. Sometimes we buy from China and don't know it.
I will never buy from China knowingly. It is disgusting that our companies have taken our jobs to China. Everything we get from them we can make here (USA) and make it better. So what if it costs more. The jobs went over there because it was cheaper labor for the companies. There. Said my peice.
 
As I hear it, |China has more Christians than any other country in the world.
So how many Christians do you put out of work when you don't buy from China?
What value do you place on that?
 
As I hear it, |China has more Christians than any other country in the world.
So how many Christians do you put out of work when you don't buy from China?
What value do you place on that?
We all feel however we do about it. I have nothing against the Chinese people. I feel badly for them to live under the tyranny of their government. I can't do anything about that. I live in the US, therefore my loyalty is to my country. It is our companies that moved to China to save themselves money by paying low wages to the people of China, exploiting them for their own gain, that havetaken food out of the mouths of our own children.
 
Problem is,who honestly will work in,America that cheap?

Fruit pickers are paid 4 bucks to pick.yes once my dad,wife did that but yah can't make it on that even in agriculturlly dominated state or county in my,case
 
Sometimes we can't help buying from China because that's all there is. Sometimes we buy from China and don't know it.
I will never buy from China knowingly. It is disgusting that our companies have taken our jobs to China. Everything we get from them we can make here (USA) and make it better. So what if it costs more. The jobs went over there because it was cheaper labor for the companies. There. Said my peice.
As I hear it, |China has more Christians than any other country in the world.
So how many Christians do you put out of work when you don't buy from China?
What value do you place on that?

That's why I brought this discussion up.

There's a "One China" policy in place.
Meaning that Hong Kong and Taiwanese as well as Communist China's goods are all sold as "Made in China".
And as we all remember Hong Kong and Taiwan are both Christian... mainland China is rapidly going that way as well.

So...

How do we retaliate when we feel wronged?
How do we stop supporting evil Governments?

China has either lost or is about to lose "Most Favored Nation" status which gives them import tax breaks and favorable contracts.

But we don't like the child, prison, and slave labor they use.

Currently they are engaged in cyber warfare with American research institutions...from drug makers to Universities. Iran is as well.
 
That's why I brought this discussion up.

There's a "One China" policy in place.
Meaning that Hong Kong and Taiwanese as well as Communist China's goods are all sold as "Made in China".
And as we all remember Hong Kong and Taiwan are both Christian... mainland China is rapidly going that way as well.

So...

How do we retaliate when we feel wronged?
How do we stop supporting evil Governments?

China has either lost or is about to lose "Most Favored Nation" status which gives them import tax breaks and favorable contracts.

But we don't like the child, prison, and slave labor they use.

Currently they are engaged in cyber warfare with American research institutions...from drug makers to Universities. Iran is as well.
If we want any hope that our government will stop supporting evil governments we need to be studious and informed about how we vote.

Only God however can raise up and bring down kings. We should pray. He will watch over His people.
 
If we want any hope that our government will stop supporting evil governments we need to be studious and informed about how we vote.

Only God however can raise up and bring down kings. We should pray. He will watch over His people.
not that I disagree but while we don't per se abuse illegal immigrants like china, we do have a problem with human trafficking, and on immigrant fruit pickers. I see things as I pass to visit family in the center of my state. we look the other way when we pack a ton into some poor , and lowly maintained and well fire code doesn't allow what Is done. its something I noticed when my daughter moved into a home that was rented to them and noticed things. they were hesitant to even fix a basic fire code issue, allowing water to hit 220 and tell me that the breaker would trip before anyone got schocked is appalling. I went to some electricians and they laughed and said uh no that isn't safe, yes it might if the breaker was working right but why take the chance. the wiring was not out in the rain but under a porch, given how it can flood , it would be a problem with enough rain.

there are other stories I have heard
 
If we want any hope that our government will stop supporting evil governments we need to be studious and informed about how we vote.

Only God however can raise up and bring down kings. We should pray. He will watch over His people.
Currently there is a backlash against China by the whole world.
Medical supplies made in China are getting retuned to sender for poor quality claims.
Spain and France have both done so recently.

Iran hasn't but they are in bed with the Chinese over weapons system development.

(I can remember in the '60's when either Iraq or Iran was building a nuclear weapons reactor and Israel went over and bombed the stew in some jets we gave them...there was a fuss made about it but nothing came of it)

China is currently desperate with their cyber hacking and their Public Relations counter to the claims about the live virus testing at their Wuhan facility. They are spending millions of dollars on both.
Meanwhile their persecution of their own Christians has not relented.

I got a feeling that God is sending them a message. And it's one where God ain't happy and the Government has some "splainin" to do to God himself... nevermind that they are atheists...they can fuss at God all they want about how they don't believe...but guess who is coming for dinner?

God takes a mighty dim view of those who mess with his kids.
 
I buy local if I can.
Well of course...if I can and if they have a good product.
I've seen first-hand the micro-economies in Europe. Sure, goods are brought in but many of the staples are sourced locally. Especially the foods.

Here, in America that just isn't possible.
We have some things that we can buy locally...but all the small production shops have closed. There are a few left but they are so expensive you can't afford to buy their products.
No one grows corn or wheat for the local mill.
Strawberries come from the border area in Tennessee near Kentucky...but that's a drive. Over 90 minutes away.
And that's just two things.
Big, huge, farms are the norm.

There's a farm in Minnesota...just three guys work it full time. Granted they work some really long days...but they are making a go of it independently. (Rare thing) But he puts up videos on YouTube...they farm over 2,500 acres of corn and soybeans used for ethanol and feed. Now I do pump gasoline and I do eat meat...but I don't use his products.
MillenialFarmer on YouTube will give you a look at small-scale, independent farming.

Even WIP does some farming up north there on an even smaller scale...but I don't think that he makes much profit off of it. (It is rather fun to do) because of the small size of his farm.

Big business owns the farm that grows the feed that feeds their animals that go to their processing plant that goes to the store's central warehouse that gets distributed everywhere.
ConAgra and Monsanto and Safeway/Kroger are the big boys. Albertsons/Publix is the other grocery store line.

These guys control the food market here in America and abroad. Like I said before... America feeds 60% of the world's population but has around 5% of the people.

Of that 5%...or 330 million people...less than half of one percent grow food for a living.

Things are done on a scale that is unimaginable to gain efficiency and keep costs low.
 
I'm kinda curious...
If you were comparing two different products...and discovered that both were fairly similar...most people choose the product that is cheaper in price.

But today with lots of resentment towards. PRC...

Will you continue to buy Chinese goods?
Or if the price is not significantly more would you rather spend a few bucks and buy someone else's product?
chinese products are unsafe - they have little or no safety levels/checks for products

now because of what they did with lying about covid i'm boycotting them
 
chinese products are unsafe - they have little or no safety levels/checks for products

now because of what they did with lying about covid i'm boycotting them
Just about eveything I own is Chinese.
It's the cheapest stuff out there.
And if you are shopping online, it's not always so easy to find out where products are made.
But I believe there are Chinese people who are thanking God everyday for their jobs, even if it pays less than $1.00 per hour.
It is a life line to them.

So here we are , caught in the middle, what do we do?
Buy American?
Where is American?
What is American?
Most components in American products all come from China, so you pay more for what?

We are fast becoming a one world economy and I have no idea how that works.
 
Just about eveything I own is Chinese.
It's the cheapest stuff out there.
And if you are shopping online, it's not always so easy to find out where products are made.
But I believe there are Chinese people who are thanking God everyday for their jobs, even if it pays less than $1.00 per hour.
It is a life line to them.

So here we are , caught in the middle, what do we do?
Buy American?
Where is American?
What is American?
Most components in American products all come from China, so you pay more for what?

We are fast becoming a one world economy and I have no idea how that works.
Malaysia, South America, Mexico, Phillippines, India, Ethiopia, England, Germany, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and of course the biggie Japan all produce consumer goods.
Lots of clothing is cut and assembled in South America. Phillippines and India also do some as well. Cotton is grown in Brazil.
Indonesia tends to have the volatile chemistry production facilities. (Those plants explode a lot)
Lightbulbs are made in the Czech Republic.

Japan makes a lot of electronic consumer goods... from cars to AV equipment.
Spain is known for being the leading supplier for Olive Oil.
Mexico and Canada both make various petroleum products. Canada makes plastics, rubber and turpentine from pine trees(lots of forestry production)... Mexico makes most everything else that gets refined from petroleum. Like liquid candle oil, fertilizers, vitamins, paint, pigments and fuels.

Ethiopia has mines...lots of natural resources. From emeralds to uranium.

English steel is still heralded...they make some of the finest precision steel products out there. From high performance racing engine components to valves at the local toilet paper plant. Probably your anti-lock braking system in your automobile was made there. Not sure anymore if they are...they were at one time.


So...lots of stuff out there from all around the world.

Just so those down under don't feel left out...
Wool, lamb, and kiwifruit definitely comes from New Zealand and wines out of Australia are getting pricier every year. (I'm thinking that they also have a rather robust glass and plexiglass industry.)
 
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