On February 22, 2016 at 02:01, tomciara said...
I applaud your stand and believe it would make a difference if all followed your lead. But there is the rub, if you are accustomed to $99 blu-ray players, you will not be happy with the same plastic junk for $199 and feel like your government just gave you the shaft. And while you are at it, you will assume they lined their pockets at the same time. This is a no win situation.
I did try. My BR player is an OPPO. Still a Chinese company and made in China, but at least that division of the company is based in CA similar to Apple. Designs here, build elsewhere.
The bottom line is that a large number of US workers suck. A fraternity brother from college is one of the 1400 Carrier employees whose jobs are going to Mexico. While he is mad, he completely understands why. The workers at his factory don't want to work.
For example, based on the union work rules, the write-up for being 10 minutes late is the same as being 2 hours late. So if someone is going to be late, they just wait until the 2-hour mark and then show up. By that time the production line has made adjustments for them not being there and now has to make new adjustments when they show up.
The biggest problem in this country is you can't fire a worker easily. If workers knew they could be fired if they screw off then maybe they would be better workers.
