Re: Nikon shifts production to China. CHINA!

HEMI-Powered wrote:
David J Taylor added these comments in the current discussion du
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HEMI-Powered wrote:
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"Laid off yet? Keep buying foreign and you will be!"

So what American-made DSLR or add-on lenses would you
recommend your fellow countrymen to purchase?

I'm not, it's a joke, David. The OP was (apparently) whining
about where Nikon is building a certain lens, and noted it was
formerly in Thailand and now is in China. Gee, Nikon used to be
Japanese, right? Which is what caught my eye and the "isn't
globalization great?" comment.

OK, Jerry.

As to my countryman, that's the other part that is NOT a joke,
I'm afraid. For most countries, certainly the US, domestic
manufacturing of goods is thing of the past, long past. What
there is is really owned by a foreign company. Examples abound
but I'm sure you know what I mean.

Same here....

People have the right to get the lowest possible prices for what
they buy so it is natural to go to Wal-Mart. However, people must
also understand that when entire industries move off-shore, the
jobs don't go with them, they are lost domestically forever. This
can an inexorable domino effect but is often so slow as not to be
noticed until one wakes up and sees unemployment figures like we
have now.

... although just recently one of our very low-priced chains went into administration. The experts said "they had lost their way in the retail world". Woolworths.

In 1980 while running for office, Ronald Reagan said "Recession
is when your neighbor is laid off. Depression is when you are
laid off. Revovery is when Jimmy Carter is laid off." The last
sentence is usually left off to make it more of an economic
comment rather than a campaign slogan but it is even more true
now, nearly 30 years later.

Cheers!

Nice one!

Cheers,
David

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