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Proud Public Servant

(2,097 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 10:13 AM May 2016

How do you even explain this, let alone fix it? [View all]

I just made a purchase in downtown DC, at a semi-upscale clothing store (part of a chain, but not a large or famous chain). The paper bag I received my purchase in was "Made in Korea/Assembled in Vietnam."

Think about that.

It is, apparently, cheaper and more convenient for free packaging to be printed halfway around the world, then shipped to a different country thousands of miles away just to be glued together and have little ropey handles inserted, then shipped to the other side of the globe to be given away gratis.

And this is without TTP.

Bringing back American manufacturing? Good luck with that.

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How do you even explain this, let alone fix it? [View all] Proud Public Servant May 2016 OP

Years ago I read that Tyson wanted to ship chickens to China for slaughter, then ship them back here CentralCoaster May 2016 #1

I bet it's so they could get around humane treatment laws justiceischeap May 2016 #21

n o it isn't, curren tly we are not allowed to accept chickens from china they have killed so many hollysmom May 2016 #54

ARE sending chickens to China for "processing"..... marble falls May 2016 #23

Most of your pork is already shipped and comes back. Only two pork suppliers of any note. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #32

What is Hillary's stance on Chinese meat, offshoring, and labeling guidelines? CentralCoaster May 2016 #37

Why don't you look it up and source it rather than loosely speculating? Hekate May 2016 #45

We bought frozen salmon ...caught and processed ( gutted and iced) in USA dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #70

WTH is that? CentralCoaster May 2016 #71

I cannot explain hfojvt May 2016 #2

OK fine but quite beside the point that TPTB love cheap labor. CentralCoaster May 2016 #3

Because it was an impulse purchase Proud Public Servant May 2016 #6

Great response to a snotty post. tabasco May 2016 #9

no excuses hfojvt May 2016 #11

Which revolution is that? nt clarice May 2016 #40

As advised, check the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy truebluegreen May 2016 #81

And sometimes people need that paper bag to reuse it csziggy May 2016 #49

I thought maybe it was because you didn't inquire first about silvershadow May 2016 #25

Must be VAT if the same product is cheaper even after shipping? angstlessk May 2016 #46

Recycled bulk paper is the US #1 export on top of that NightWatcher May 2016 #4

Pop quiz. HubertHeaver May 2016 #24

Can you imagine the amount of oil it takes to do that? zeemike May 2016 #31

and now, because people no longer have jobs, the economy continues to tank, which results in dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #72

Yep it is a lose lose situation. zeemike May 2016 #74

When I worked for a container shipping company in the 90's, we had three main exports to Asia: arcane1 May 2016 #55

Some manufacturing has come back but it's increasingly more automated La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #5

Yep, I've been saying that for years too Proud Public Servant May 2016 #7

I think it's nostalgia and stereotypes of who La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #10

I think it's wages. Loudestlib May 2016 #77

Manufacturing is getting increasingly more automated La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #78

Yeah manufacturing is done. Loudestlib May 2016 #79

Also all these companies that are being replaced by tech La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #80

What made the unions that brought good wages The2ndWheel May 2016 #12

Many jobs cannot be outsourced and unions raise the working conditions mountain grammy May 2016 #22

Even then, there are lot more people The2ndWheel May 2016 #27

Unfortunately, many of the jobs that cannot be outsourced can truedelphi May 2016 #82

And too... Plucketeer May 2016 #29

Exactly! mountain grammy May 2016 #18

What? Okay so there is nothing innately special about manufacturing except for some truedelphi May 2016 #76

Bingo - ohheckyeah May 2016 #83

The left is stuck in the 1950's economically The2ndWheel May 2016 #8

Unsupported premise. LanternWaste May 2016 #13

What is? The2ndWheel May 2016 #14

Be careful.nt clarice May 2016 #41

Right, why fight for $45/Hr manufacturing jobs wen we can get $7.25/Hr service jobs? Get a clue Vincardog May 2016 #16

With TPP, if an American company owns the plant in Vietnam ... GeorgeGist May 2016 #15

Cheap labor. Attention Americans-this is your future. jalan48 May 2016 #17

Quite honestly zipplewrath May 2016 #62

I guess it would depend on the type of business. jalan48 May 2016 #68

heavy industries do zipplewrath May 2016 #73

So who are these manufacturing industries that are relocacting to the US for "lower" energy costs? jalan48 May 2016 #89

Just one Example zipplewrath May 2016 #91

This is why moonbeam23 May 2016 #19

We can fix this! yallerdawg May 2016 #20

Any manufacturing that comes to the US will be highly automated and require only a few workers. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #26

SPOOKY.nt clarice May 2016 #42

It's all going away Hydra May 2016 #75

This is why we need tariffs Mosby May 2016 #28

this is why we need honest politicians who can explain the REAL economy to people and not the Jitter65 May 2016 #35

YUP .nt clarice May 2016 #43

We better learn how to deal with it. Jobs like that are worth a whole lot Hoyt May 2016 #30

They deserve a chance too? Urchin May 2016 #36

I know, you are a Nationalist, America First type. We polluted world for years but it's up to poor Hoyt May 2016 #38

We may have polluted the world developing technology Urchin May 2016 #65

WOW!!!!!!!!!! nt clarice May 2016 #44

Apparently, you don't care about poor countries either. Hoyt May 2016 #47

Sure do...nice leap of logic.nt clarice May 2016 #48

Sounded like a Nationalistic, America First, type of "WOW." Hoyt May 2016 #51

I do care what happens in America first...it's where we live. That doesn't mean..... clarice May 2016 #52

I figured You "don't care" about other other countries. Lots of Sanders' supporters Hoyt May 2016 #53

Not one.lol clarice May 2016 #57

You seem to have no concept that we are talking about treaties that will pull a black curtain over hollysmom May 2016 #88

The short answer is that d_legendary1 May 2016 #33

It's a win for poor countries too, that's why they beg for trade -- jobs, Hoyt May 2016 #50

not always, it is a wion for the bribe takers and runners of countries, but hollysmom May 2016 #56

It "trickles" down more with jobs than it does without jobs. I'm not saying companies don't need to Hoyt May 2016 #59

Child labor OK with you,. I believe the Nike inspection began when they discovered factories hollysmom May 2016 #84

No it's not OK. But, hey are still likely better off than they were with Hoyt May 2016 #85

I think some people would be betterwithout factories, having air to breathe and land to farm hollysmom May 2016 #86

The Keystone Pipeline company won't get a penny. Congress backed off Hoyt May 2016 #90

How is exploitation a win for poor countries? d_legendary1 May 2016 #58

Let the world stop buying Chinese or Bangladesh products and it will be a lot worse. Not to mention Hoyt May 2016 #60

Worse for whom? d_legendary1 May 2016 #63

Another America First, Nationalist. Sorry, we live in big world and need to spread wealth around. Hoyt May 2016 #64

Free trade has nothing to do with Nationalism d_legendary1 May 2016 #67

You forgot the bangledesh building collapse that killed over 100 or the China Air pollution hollysmom May 2016 #87

I actually had China in mind d_legendary1 May 2016 #92

There is a future for American manufacturing KamaAina May 2016 #34

Now, that's at least looking at how we can help other countries and ourselves. Hoyt May 2016 #61

Unbelievable.nt clarice May 2016 #39

Nothing to worry about; soon everything will be Made In China... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #66

or robots Skittles May 2016 #69