Rodney Rash wrote:

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Rodney Rash wrote:


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I am starting a DYI home-improvement project and I notice that
few power or hand tools are made in the USA. Even most of the
Craftsman brand tools are made in the USA. Some are made in
Taiwan (a democracy I have no problem doing business with) and
Red China (perhaps I should call them Fascist China, a country
where the factories are owned by the state and staffed with slave
labor).

Almost everything in Harbor Freight (except for the reconditioned
DeWalt tools) is from China. The stuff is garbage and usually
dies after a short period of time. Grinders and drills come with
extra electric motor brushes which almost always get lost by the
time you need them - and you will. HF always tries to sell you
an extended warranty program, and most people I know don't buy
them - even though for all intents and purposes, if you buy the
EW, you can bring back the tool and swap it for a new one anytime
the older one doesn't work. So other than the time you lose
always gong to HF to exchange tools, that does seem like a good
deal. How can American companies compete with that?

But I was talking to two buddies of mine and then mentioned
something about the construction trades which made me wonder if
any more tools are going to be made in the USA?

One guy works as a stone mason and he is finding it harder and
harder to find American made tools of his trade in the stores.
The Chinese-made crap (his words) are cheaply made, don't hold up
to continued professional work, rivets pop, everything rusts
unless you soak it in oil (which is not good for the mortar or
cement, mason's hoes break after one use, etc.

The other guy runs a catering truck that runs around to
construction sites. He says that, except for the licensed trades
(electricians and who are mostly younger white guys), the plumber
(who are mostly older white guys) and the bricklayers (who are
mostly African American) - everybody else is Mexican and they
almost only speak Spanish and need a bi-lingual supervisor on the
job. This supervisor - who is not dressed out for work - usually
stands around talking on his cell phone, looking at his steel and
gold Rolex watch - is a white guy.

Well - the real question is - are any of the largely illegal
immigrant construction workers buying quality American-made
tools, or are they spending as little money as possible on tools
as they might either get them stolen from a job site, or because
they might get deported at any time and don't want to have any
more money invested in tools than absolutely necessary?







Trade protectionist!!!! Why do you hate Amerika?? Damned liberal
whacko!!!!




I don't hate America. I love America. I just wonder why fascist
assholes like you continue to support trade policies set by big
corporations designed to rob American workers of hard won wage and
hour and workplace health and safety laws that ultimately will lead
to the destruction of the middle class.





You don't love America. I'll bet you are on public assistance or are
a fag with an agenda against everything that this country was founded
upon and you are mad at God for making you queer.



Actualy I love America. But it is interesting how you ****ing fascist
assholes proclaim your love for America yet you hate everyone who
disagrees with you who has the balls to use their First Ammendment
rights of free speech.


And we'll get to those, so called first amendment rights as soon as the
right wing court is seated.
Long live King George II W.
And I pray you are a Christian.

Not if I get to you and your fascist asshole friends first! Do you
really want that little pip GW Bush to install a theoracy in this
country telling you that everythign you do has to hav a moral basis?
How moral is it to cut Social Security to steal money and transfer it to
the rich Wall Street bankers, as well as all the rest of the immoral
crap that Bush is pulling?