American Businesses Need to Rethink Manufacturing Tactics?
August 24, 2007 by txbluebonnet
Quite possibly! In response to another blogger’s blog posting, I responded:
“It is indeed something to think about… China, Mexico, and many other countries are mass producing things for us….
but, flags have to rise when are products are being imported tainted with things that could kill each and every one of us and the environment we know it to be.
As ecological conscience we Americans are purported to be, you would think that the ecological organizations would also rise to the occasion to speak out and alert American Businesses to quickly begin to rethink our mass productions to be done here in the States for the safety consideration of one and all here.
Can you tell? It most certainly has been on my mind lately……”
What was his blog posting…. See below:
“With a lot of manufacturing jobs moving over to China, are we setting ourselves up for failure???? Hmmmmmmm…….
Let’s look at the facts that have been uncovered in recent months. I’ll start with the mass pet food recall that killed several pets. The cause of the recall was because of contaminated ingredient glutin, which was imported from China.
It gets worse. The U.S. is importing seafood from China. Some of it is farm raised in ponds that the EPA would condem. This food is not being properly inspected and tested by the FDA. Yet, we Americans keep buying it.
And for the latest, Matel is recalling millions of toys because the paint used on them contains excessive amounts of lead. And these toys are made guess where… That’s right! China.
Are we really better off getting our food and goods from China? They could be taking us down without us even knowing it. What would happen if the U.S. got involved in a major war similar to WWII? We would not have the manufacturing capabilities to produce the goods necessary to defend ourselves like we did during WWII. We will not have the experienced workers necessay to man the factories, let alone the factories to make the goods.
Think about it………”
What do you think? Have you been trying to sort out the madness lately in the news????
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txbluebonnet,
I realize you posted this item a few months ago but the topic is still widely discussed by the media so it deserves a comment. I have to disagree that China as you indicated could be ‘taking us down without us even knowing it.’ Seriously, do you believe that? Why would China want to do such a thing? Is China to blame for the pet food problem or the single factory that produced it? The latter of course. China needs economies like the U.S. and frankly, the U.S. needs low-cost goods to compete with out-of-hand prices. Free trade obviously equals stiff competition and the companies that can’t compete fairly always seek out Government intervention which in return, hurts everyone from value-oriented suppliers to the consumer who is forced to pay more. It should always be about consumer choice.
txbluebonnet,
Correction. The post below is not directed to you but the original author. Thanks. Nice blog here.
Thanks for your clarification, Dominic. Yes, I didn’t state anything about “taking us down without even knowing it”; your second comment directs the first comment more appropriately.
That being said, there is all sorts of warfare out there…. guns, weapons of mass destruction, chemical, etc. It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if people would stoop so low as to add toxic levels of lead in our products, etc. When you think about it….
Not that China would do anything of the sort intentionally… or
Not to make people paranoid for all their actions and ever changing surroundings; however a simple awareness can help keep people safe.
And, thanks, Dominic, for you compliment on my blog.
Nice Blog.