On 2014-11-15 6:46 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:46:55 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> wrote:
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>> I worked at a factory that made widgets. I told my supervisor that the box of switches being checked out was not turning on reliably. The response was that as long as it worked most of the time to just pass it. I thought that was a little nutty considering that it was the only user control on the gizmo. OTOH, the guy was the boss and the boss is always right. The truth is that the Chinese do not have exclusive rights on shoddy products and our manufacturing practices are in no way superior. People get cheap crap from China because they're only willing to pay for cheap crap.
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> A lot of that happens because of competition by off soil manufacturers
> who pay their workers slave wages.
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It is not just the slave wages. There are fewer worker protection laws,
laxer environmental standards and lower taxes.