Legend Zero Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/obama-trade-congress-buy-american_n_1475277.html?icid=maing-grid7|maing8|dl1|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D157905 If you're too lazy to read a news article you really shouldn't be posting, so no tl;dr. I'm kinda on the fence for this one. Sure buying American helps our nation, but I'm not overly enthused about being told what to buy either. I don't know if I buy anything American right now. o.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Odd, I'd think that would be something Obama would go for, but I guess it means he's not pandering toward people anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDemonX Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Yes, buy Canadian stuff and bring more money to Canada M^_^M. But keep your oil in your own Country and dont buy Canadian Oil we need that. Also Obama is not going to win anyone over to his side for the election by making dumb laws like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnforgiven Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 No one buy american = we eventually get so far into debt and so far into a depression, that we eventually die as a nation..... so yea think before you buy that SONY PS4.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vairocana Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 I'll buy whatever product is the most effective price-to-quality ratio. tbh, I think giving preference to American companies isn't helping anyone. We live in a global era now, and that means they need to be prepared to compete in a global market. Government coddling just means they can get away with making shittier products and still stay in business. And I'm not sure how "buying American" helps when most American companies have factories in Asia and Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 How about we go vote Communist this year. At least that would be certain enough to put everyone in the United States to work, whether or not the people live the same way. Banning American Manufacture is too self-conflicting with the goal of the Government. Both the Republicans and Democrats only care about battling each other, so wny not vote Communist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 [quote name='Koloktos' timestamp='1336184049' post='5932727'] How about we go vote Communist this year. At least that would be certain enough to put everyone in the United States to work, whether or not the people live the same way. Banning American Manufacture is too self-conflicting with the goal of the Government. Both the Republicans and Democrats only care about battling each other, so wny not vote Communist? [/quote] Yes. And maybe it will rain money and cancer will magically go away and also world peace. Communism would never work in a country as large and retarded as this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnforgiven Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 [quote name='Koloktos' timestamp='1336184049' post='5932727'] How about we go vote Communist this year. At least that would be certain enough to put everyone in the United States to work, whether or not the people live the same way. Banning American Manufacture is too self-conflicting with the goal of the Government. Both the Republicans and Democrats only care about battling each other, so wny not vote Communist? [/quote] Well it certainly seems like a better plan than re-electing Obama.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John A. Zoidberg Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 [quote name='Comrade Trollestia' timestamp='1336184371' post='5932733'] Yes. And maybe it will rain money and cancer will magically go away and also world peace. Communism would never work in a country as large and retarded as this one. [/quote] Communism would only every work in a small, tight-knit tribal setting, where there's no room for greed. Even then, it's kind of a stretch. :/ OT: Eliminating foreign dependency would be silly. We're already in debt to so many countries. To stop trading with them altogether would probably lower America's quality of relationships with various countries and, while there's next to no chance of a war, America can't really afford to have any less close allies than they already do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Buying American means supporting the Secondary (Manufacturing) and Primary (Farming, Fishing, etc) industries, but they aren't as dominate as they used to be and it's the Tertiary/Services sector that needs supporting. Alot of countries turn to the developing countries BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) as well as the rest of Asia to provide cheaper products (Chinese employers are starting to ask for more money such as those working on Apple products), so the policy just isn't practical in the first place. It worked back before American's companies started finding other countries cheaper to work in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUnforgiven Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 [quote name='Yin' timestamp='1336218655' post='5932894'] Buying American means supporting the Secondary (Manufacturing) and Primary (Farming, Fishing, etc) industries, but they aren't as dominate as they used to be and it's the Tertiary/Services sector that needs supporting. Alot of countries turn to the developing countries BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) as well as the rest of Asia to provide cheaper products (Chinese employers are starting to ask for more money such as those working on Apple products), so the policy just isn't practical in the first place. It worked back before American's companies started finding other countries cheaper to work in. [/quote] Probably the most intelligent statement on the entire site...... and yes i fully agree.... nothing much more to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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