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2012-01-18 02:39:26
#61
VOTE FOR RON PAUL.

his foreign policy towards china will hopefully bring back alot of manufacturing to our country.

stratton.
2012-01-18 02:40:48
#62
Yeah, i dont see any other way other than to cut off or limit trade between the us and china. Pretty simple if you ask me.

However being in debt to China doesnt help the situation of trying to cut off or limit their trade here. Sticky situation either way but it needs to happen.
2012-01-18 04:12:02
#63
Originally Posted by Andreas
They were not the only game intown as you would say.

There was Pacesetter and AEBS, There was another company but i cant remember their name



Pacesetter was really one of the First.
Stillen
AEBS

I loved Martha and John at Hotshot, but being a hand built company, they could not keep up with supply and demand.
SS Autochrome is an American company. Their headers are the only 304 headers worth a damn IMO.
2012-01-18 04:17:09
#64
but the "ssac" we all use is not the origional ssac.. the ones we use are def chinese knockoffs lol
2012-01-18 04:17:58
#65
30hr days?
2012-01-18 05:40:03
#66
the only good thing that comes from china is the womenz lol even tho their knock offs too haha
Last edited by jdmb14sx on 2012-01-18 at 05-49-14.
2012-01-18 06:49:52
#67
Originally Posted by totaled200ser
30hr days?


Yeah shift or work day to be specific

Here is an article about a man that went home and died after a 34 hour shift at an electronics plant, not at all unusual happening over there.

Foxconn Employee Dies After 34-Hour Shift
2012-01-18 07:08:43
#68
Originally Posted by jere
Yeah shift or work day to be specific

Here is an article about a man that went home and died after a 34 hour shift at an electronics plant, not at all unusual happening over there.

Foxconn Employee Dies After 34-Hour Shift


That is absolutely insane! I was serious, I had no idea people worked shifts that long. I guess I am spoiled. That is like Roman slave labor type shit and should be cracked down upon by whoever has that ability. I am pretty sure that no one does and it will keep happening. China is wealthy now as far as the country itself goes since we owe them an insane amount of money. So since that is the case, they can pretty much do what they want, which is so sad because people are just trying to survive and they get shit on by their government. That seems similar to what is happening here just not to that extent..... yet!
2012-01-18 14:34:10
#69
Originally Posted by totaled200ser
That is absolutely insane! I was serious, I had no idea people worked shifts that long. I guess I am spoiled. That is like Roman slave labor type shit and should be cracked down upon by whoever has that ability. I am pretty sure that no one does and it will keep happening. China is wealthy now as far as the country itself goes since we owe them an insane amount of money. So since that is the case, they can pretty much do what they want, which is so sad because people are just trying to survive and they get shit on by their government. That seems similar to what is happening here just not to that extent..... yet!


Good analogy . I believe it is up to us the people to take a stand and say enough is enough, just like the Chinese citizens can and should do. It's unfortunate though that so many of us just follow the herd.
2012-01-18 17:32:33
#70
I read the whole MotoIQ article, all the comments, and this entire thread.

As a consumer, it's hard to scream and yell about overseas manufacturing, when most of the large US Manufacturers have in fact moved their companies and manufacturing overseas.

This seems like a Government issue and how they handle trade agreements, and how our Government allowed our U.S. Corporations to move all their factories overseas. They don't pay any taxes to our Government (GE comes to mind, ZERO taxes, I guess they did not make any money....:rolleyes, yet their products flood our markets while creating jobs in foreign countries.

I think I'd have to go back to school and re-take Economics 101-401 classes to even follow the trail of our jobs and manufacturing being all "out sourced."

Companies can charge a premium for their name-brand, and they should. However, charging 2-5 times as much for the product simply for their name on the product will lead consumers to look at alternatives.

I've got an SSAC header on my car, and will probably have a new SSAC header when I go VE. Buying a Hotshot seemed stupid then (price/performance), and it would be equally stupid now if Hotshot still existed. Their price was certainly NOT justified by their performance (performance includes reliability and materials used). Not even close.

Everything else on my Classic, far as I know, is all name-brand or Nissan OEM, and all of it is the very best I can buy. Including my Siebon CF hood and trunk.

I would never, repeat never, knowingly buy a straight-up counterfeit product. An outright blatant rip-off-copy like the "Cusco" fakes as in the MotoIQ article. No matter how they performed, that is a moral issue to me.

Shawn B
Last edited by Shawn B on 2012-01-18 at 17-35-34.
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