Thread: Things are not what they appear when you buy parts even from GM

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Originally Posted by bobscogin

China is capable of quality that's comparable to any other industrial country --- if the buyer wants to pay for it. However, American companies went there looking for cheap, and you can't have quality and cheap. When we're willing to pay more for quality, they'll provide it. In the meantime, we get what we pay for.

Bob

Exactly, Lets hold other countries to the same standards US companies have to follow and that would help level the playing field. I don't think we sent manufacturing to China and said they could use sub std. materials and identified dangerous chemicals in the products they supply. The controls were in place here to make sure safe products were manufactured. Why are these same controls not in place over there? I think Bob hit the nail on the head. "American companies went there looking for cheap." At our expense!

Originally Posted by sfort

Why are these same controls not in place over there? I think Bob hit the nail on the head. "American companies went there looking for cheap." At our expense!

Everything said by anyone is open to interpretation, especially when stated briefly.

Just so there's no confusion of intent, if you are to more accurately distill my long post to a single sentence in the context you're stating it would be more accurate to say; "American companies went there looking for competitive." The marketplace dictates what's "cheap". As for the cost of controls, your statement would only be accurate if what we do here is the ideal, not the perceived ideal. Just as one very small example of, in my opinion, what we do wrong, we as consumers pay an enormous hidden cost for frivolous litigation. The trial lawyers get paid very well for services that do little of benefit to society in far too many instances. Maybe that would be the way for our country to regain a competitive advantage, send all our trial lawyers to China.

Edit: I like Jerry's idea too.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

benefit to society in far too many instances. Maybe that would be the way for our country to regain a competitive advantage, send all our trial lawyers to China.

Edit: I like Jerry's idea too.

Nope - I like Shakespere's solution with lawyers better:

Cade:
I thank you, good people—there shall be no money; all shall eat
and drink on my score, and I will apparel them all in one livery,
that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.

Dick:
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.