03-27-2009, 09:22 PM
samintx wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
On the heals of IBM layoffs, and sending some jobs to India, President Obama says those jobs aren't coming back. He doubles down and further says some of those jobs shouldn't come back. Well, I'll be darned. I think Romney said that first and got skewered for it.
Help: a company that makes condoms on the east coast is closing now their condoms will be made in CHINA...that has to be a real risk lovemaking adventure...China can't make safe toys or dog food....what happens with condoms. (300 jobs lost)
Anyone for Russian roulette?
Depends on who is writing the specs and enforcing quality control. Remember, that Mac, iPod, or iPhone you buy is almost always made in China now. The Chinese manufacturers are quite capable of making quality products if contracted to do so and the contract is enforced.
As for the jobs, hopefully some high quality jobs will be created to replace them. Problem the last decade or so has been that many of the higher paying, high value added production jobs have been shipped overseas where they can pay a lot less, and replaced with low paying service jobs here.