Diesel Brothers

BenK wrote:
So old thinking...maybe okay before American Corporations (not the government) decided back starting the 80's to outsource manufacturing...then engineering/design...then whole product line design/engineering/production/etc...but not America has lost the ability to manufacture most of the basic materials/components/sub-systems/systems/etc...therefore dependent on our 'supply chain'...which is from offshore where 'we' outsourced it to...

Since 'they' are manufacturing most of our materials/components/sub-systems/systems/etc...'they' are now R&D'ing more and better than we can here in America

Don't blame our government...blame our corporate management, and they only did this both for personal greed and the stock market that kills the share price by dollars if corporations miss the 'target' by penny's

There really are no long any borders with regard to manufacturing/products/etc...

But this is not an absolute...there are 'some' manufacturing here in America and it is starting to grow in the cottage industry level

The consumer is also to blame here. There are many out looking for the bottom dollar and don't care where it is from. For a long time my company tried to stave off buying products from China, but we eventually had to cave because our customers were buying from competitors that already had cheaper products from China. Even though we ran all sorts of ad campaigns promoting our made in USA product, the price difference ended up being more important to many buyers. Now we offer both the quality built option on many parts and the China built option.

This also reminds me of a customer I had back when I was on the parts counter. He was an owner/operator truck driver picking up some A/C parts for his Peterbilt 379. While he was waiting in line, he was talking to another customer about a "made in China" part we had on the show room. He went on and on about how this country is going to hell because of all this made in China c##p. He finally made it up to my counter and I started looking up his parts. Figuring that he didn't want any "made in China" parts after hearing him go on and on about how bad they were, I quoted him the made in USA A/C compressor for about $400. He about blew a gasket saying he could get that compressor for $250 elsewhere. I explained to to him that I did have a $250 version of the compressor, but it was made in China and that it was the same as the $250 compressor from our competitors. The hypocrite ended up buying the made in China compressor.

Moral of the story. Sometimes things being made in China is not because the manufacturer or seller is trying to make more profit. Many times it is done just to compete because many customers are looking for the bottom dollar part and do not care where it comes from.