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Posted by Steve Mason on August 18, 2003 at 09:23:29 from (207.177.31.118):
I guess this is just an observation but it sure seems to me that finding US made parts (for anything) is getting harder and harder.
The US manufacturing base is in big trouble as all the industrial is moving to China. I think this is all a result of NAFTA but I am not politically astute enough to know for sure. Sure seems like a shameful thing to me. Having to buy Chinese parts to fix my American made tractor (and motorcycle). Don't tell me that Case parts are all made here in the USA because even Case is outsourcing to Chinese manufacturers. We cannot compete with them. They can produce parts so much cheaper that even with shipping, tariffs, etc the stuff comes into our shores cheaper than we can produce. Where will it end? It really is scary when you get to thinking about all that this means. Jobs gone, tax base gone, and we get Chinese products of varying degress of quality and China's economy keeps growing.
If I keep my tractor long enough, someday it will be all Chinese made.
I am sure there is a positive side to this but
I can't find it.
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