Thread "Boycotting China?" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 8:04AM, Apr. 13, 2008

That'd be like Britain annexing mainland Europe and calling themselves "Island" British and the annexed peoples "European British" lol!

Well, we do call them "Continental" Europeans, so we're half-way there!
;)

Posted at 6:04AM, Apr. 17, 2008

Americans are too prideful and snooty to work the jobs that are being outsourced to China anyway. Given that, I can't really blame the companies for outsourcing.

is it pridefull and snooty to want more than 2$ a day and work less than 12 hours a day 7 days a week?

Posted at 12:04PM, Apr. 17, 2008

No. Its just takes a lot more than $2 an hour to make goods in the USA. Not only do you have to pay an American factory worker an average $10 more per hour, but there are extra expenses. Insurance, benefits, vacation time, disability, counseling, taxes, etc. None of these things are required for a Chinese worker. While wages have been going up there, most industries in China have a 50% or higher turnover rate. Plus facilities are more expensive in the US, and federal quality controls are profit-prohibitive. The building cost to design a facility, buy the land, and build it to safety standards is ridiculously high. Especially since Chinese facilities are dirt cheap, sometimes even free or pre-existing with few or no building codes or employee safety standards to speak of. Additionally one of the reasons there have been so many recalls is because China has practically no product safety laws to speak of. This means months can be cut out of safety testing times and new products can go into production almost overnight with minimal time needed for re-tooling.

AkA, there would be no trouble in finding American workers, its just more pricey.