I recently read a letter that appeared in your readers column. The lady said she would not shop at Wal-Mart as long as they sold imports from China. Does she not realize that our USA does not make anything anymore?
Our factories have closed down and/or moved south to Texas, near Mexico, for cheaper labor. Don't blame the factory owner. Put the blame on our unions for getting the high wages that priced us right out of the market. If we could make any and all small or large appliances here in our USA, we could not afford them. If the automakers did not pay the workers $60 per hour for line assembly our cars would be cheaper to buy - maybe.
My brother worked in a machine shop in Waynedale, then they shut down and moved south to Texas for cheaper costs. I worked at General Electric in its better days. Now I read where they only make motors for golf carts.
Buy a fishing lure that is packaged in plastic. Read the fine print. Made in China, packaged in Mexico. Do not put blame on the companies who moved. Buck knives moved from California to Utah for cheaper wages. We will never see factories in our USA to make our goods for the reasons mentioned above.
