Originally Posted By poohbear14 I stopped by the 99 cent Only store today and bought a a potholder and mitt all for $1.07. :-D
Originally Posted By poohbear14 >>>Of course you do all realize that every item you buy from China makes them stronger and us weaker pretty soon they will all march over here and destroy our country... <<< May have to check the merch at DLR and see where everything comes from. I know the pins are made in China. My Year of a Million Dreams ear hat was made in Thailand.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Of course you do all realize that every item you buy from China makes them stronger and us weaker pretty soon they will all march over here and destroy our country. But it's okay because we can all come out of our homes and run at them with the sharp ends of our broken plastic spoons!>> Don't get me started. I live in the country's most destitute economy. Michigan is #1 out of 50 in terms of unemployment. Why? Because we were a stong labor-union-based economy. Unskilled laborers were guaranteed $40+/hour. And the unions did everything they could to ensure the lowest possible production rate for that wage. And our products got priced out of the market. Foreign cars took over. Their quality-to-price ratio beat the heck out of anything that was US-made. In the meantime, UAW workers were shopping at Dollar Trees. And eating at fast food restaurants, where the workers were getting minimum wage. And doing whatever else they could do to get themselves the best possible deal. I'm sorry, too, that things are economically tough in the US. But I wouldn't say that our difficulties are due to people shopping at dollar stores.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I'm in complete agreement with you, 57, and to a great extent, we have gottenourselves into the current situation through our own greed. But at least we can make some token efforts at purchasing only US-made items at dollar stores, as I try to do.
