Comments on: Made in the USA

By: Carl Friedberg

Carl Friedberg — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:24:22 +0000

In the last 20 years, the US has become really great at one thing: pushing paper around, with every participant extracting a percentage. The mortgage fiasco is a prime example, but in fact this is exactly the model of nearly half of the US economy. Until we, as a nation, reject the easy buck and get back to hard work manufacturing quality goods, we are sunk. It is not enough to have a national stimulus, if all that happens is the banks still push money to the various financial institutions, extracting their percentages. We need to have real value created. I do not see any sign that this is happening, and little recognition beyond a great article by David Stockman in the N Y Times Op ED two days ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/opinion/20stockman.html

By: Mitch S -

Mitch S - — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:29:33 +0000

Bravo Rick! I have been preaching the same concerns and experiences. Short sighted…. buy it cheaper, burns up or breaks down faster, dump it our land fills. We’ve stopped thinking long term.

By: Brent Thompson

Brent Thompson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:46:28 +0000

I could not agree more with you. We also hear all of these stories about toxic materials in toys created in China being imported to the US!! I also fear the chinese space program but that is a seperate topic. Great piece!