I just viewed a story on ABC news about two firemen who also run a company making outdoor jackets and men’s shirts.
The main point made over and over was about everything being made in America with quality to last. Good for them.
All the products looked great. I was thinking of ordering a jacket … until I visited their website.
Take a look at the cost of Made in America.
Everything has consequences, but are we willing to accept them.?
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But I thought that was one of the first principles of economics, that goods should be produced by the most efficient manufacturer. That makes for the most efficient use of resources.Which brings us back to Jerry Brown. We don’t need jobs. We need things. Like food, clothing, housing, health care, etc. At the least (most efficient) price possible.
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clearly there is a market, but not for average Americans who rally around the made in American slogans as if we can make everything in the US and still pay what we do today
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Al Lindquist:
your state with its super high taxes is part of the many costs–you probably believe in a “living wage”–benefits like 401-k and health care–Social Security the employer pays–energy costs–transportation costs–environmental costs –it all adds up.
best to buy similar coat made by Chinese slave labor–heck you save big bucks and the guilt lasts maybe 10 minutes while your dresser and closet are probably full of clothing made in China or one of the plants in Vietnam or other pats of Asia— so what’s one more item.
just think how handsome you will look at the senior complex and that might offset the $1,000, I mean it is a handsome jacket that’s for sure
there really is no free lunch in spite of what some folks tell us.
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Fact is, it’s virtually impossible to buy clothes made in the US. Check labels. Are Americans willing to pay for made in America. Some would ask are they able to pay.
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Living in the South as I do, I can remember the days when clothes were made here. There was a Levi plant in East Tennessee and there were textile mills and shirt factories were common. I used to buy my shirts in one as seconds with the blemish barely noticeable unless you knew where to look. Dirt cheap. That was during the days that everyone thought women didn’t work outside the home. They were out in force though.
So yes, it is virtually impossible to buy clothes made here today but it wasn’t always so, even in our lifetimes. The jackets weren’t 1k and shirts weren’t 179.
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I’m sure these jackets are well crafted and made to last and last. The materials described looked top notch. I would imagine myself looking good in one. But I spent too many years ignoring the high cost goods so I could have some degree of economic security. I will take a pass on the nice jacket.
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They appear very high quality, I’d like one but I’m not paying $1,000 for a jacket or $179 for a shirt.
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But there is a market. Your wife probably (?) wouldn’t spend $39,000 for a purse, either.
“Hermes Birkin 30 Mauve Sylvestre Bag Epsom Palladium Hardware
$39,675″
(Used, like new.)
For some men, $1000 jacket is no big deal. It IS made to order, after all.
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