Alvin i completely agree with you, we have become a disposable society and thats not good practice for goods or the earth. i for one dont think that way, i dont own alot of "stuff" i dont shop much at cheap places because i have learned a long time ago you get what you pay for. heck we just replaced our 13 yr old TV recently. i understand that i must be a minority because i cant see how places like walmart harbor freight ect would be in buisiness if the country was full of,,,, me,, i just dont buy enough on a regular basis.
heres my problem that i started to address in my other above posts.
all the world is shady,, the inspection systems like USDA and others we enjoy in this country were put in place specifically for this countries "shady" practices as we were growing just like china is today. we did all the same stuff, lead paint, asbestos, formaldahide you name it, china hasnt done anything new. the real problem lies with this country and our government, not that they are stonwalling us like BMAN seems to think, but that they are not placing enough responsibility on other countries and not inspecting as well as they should be to make this import buisiness safe.
if you were to start a camapaign to rid the world of chinese made products and succeeded, all the problems we see would simply move to the next country that started producing goods for us.
i believe your sentiments are agreed with by most of us, but we need to pressure our own goverment for improvement. besides your not going to be successful in keeping chinese made goods out of your home,,, you can buy the "made in wherever" shirt but the buttons prolly came from china. everything i have read states that a "made in" tag can be placed on any item as long as one of the parts that make that item were made in that country, or the parent design company is in that country.
p.s. id also add that although its not anti china,,, my wife and i make many of our buying descisions based on mother nature as well, we find ourselves not buying some of the things we might have and keeping or reusing alot of things. i do alot of repair on older appliances and other household goods we own for a couple reasons that i wont get into on this thread.
heres my problem that i started to address in my other above posts.
all the world is shady,, the inspection systems like USDA and others we enjoy in this country were put in place specifically for this countries "shady" practices as we were growing just like china is today. we did all the same stuff, lead paint, asbestos, formaldahide you name it, china hasnt done anything new. the real problem lies with this country and our government, not that they are stonwalling us like BMAN seems to think, but that they are not placing enough responsibility on other countries and not inspecting as well as they should be to make this import buisiness safe.
if you were to start a camapaign to rid the world of chinese made products and succeeded, all the problems we see would simply move to the next country that started producing goods for us.
i believe your sentiments are agreed with by most of us, but we need to pressure our own goverment for improvement. besides your not going to be successful in keeping chinese made goods out of your home,,, you can buy the "made in wherever" shirt but the buttons prolly came from china. everything i have read states that a "made in" tag can be placed on any item as long as one of the parts that make that item were made in that country, or the parent design company is in that country.
p.s. id also add that although its not anti china,,, my wife and i make many of our buying descisions based on mother nature as well, we find ourselves not buying some of the things we might have and keeping or reusing alot of things. i do alot of repair on older appliances and other household goods we own for a couple reasons that i wont get into on this thread.
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, lead is good for you.
