RPM Act Hearing

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

MADE IN THE USA should've never gone away to China like it did in 2008! Too many products we use from American companies are built over there, when we should've continued making what we consume, like we used to!

This is way off topic. While I agree with you on this, as someone who both sells and buys on the "global economy", I can tell you that it would be a long painful process to return things to how they used to be.

We have a real opportunity to stop Government overreach. Instead of crying over a boat that has already sailed, maybe participate in saving VIN numbered race cars?

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by GUMP

This is way off topic. While I agree with you on this, as someone who both sells and buys on the "global economy", I can tell you that it would be a long painful process to return things to how they used to be.

We have a real opportunity to stop Government overreach. Instead of crying over a boat that has already sailed, maybe participate in saving VIN numbered race cars?

I will agree to disagree with it being way off topic (especially with what BG56 wrote). The government overreach happened in 2008 when Made in the USA went to China! It sucks that I have to look at parts from American companies to be sure they're made by North Americans who are allies instead of adversaries....Thank You JEGS & SUMMIT for posting American made products you sell! I look at many of my fellow racers who have the big rigs and the fast cars, and am quite certain that many of those of us who are nearly my age or older (64), benefitted somehow from products we enjoy that were made by our neighbors (if not us ourselves), than foreign adversaries! I bet those who lost their manufacturing jobs because of 2008's overreach wouldn't care about the "long painful process to return things to how they used to be" (where our manufacturing prowess is concerned! I will agree in "saving VIN numbered race cars, but as for that "boat that has already sailed" comment, as long as I'm breathing, I'll be an advocate for what made America the greatest nation on earth....MADE IN THE USA!!!!

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

I will agree to disagree with it being way off topic (especially with what BG56 wrote). The government overreach happened in 2008 when Made in the USA went to China! It sucks that I have to look at parts from American companies to be sure they're made by North Americans who are allies instead of adversaries....Thank You JEGS & SUMMIT for posting American made products you sell! I look at many of my fellow racers who have the big rigs and the fast cars, and am quite certain that many of those of us who are nearly my age or older (64), benefitted somehow from products we enjoy that were made by our neighbors (if not us ourselves), than foreign adversaries! I bet those who lost their manufacturing jobs because of 2008's overreach wouldn't care about the "long painful process to return things to how they used to be" (where our manufacturing prowess is concerned! I will agree in "saving VIN numbered race cars, but as for that "boat that has already sailed" comment, as long as I'm breathing, I'll be an advocate for what made America the greatest nation on earth....MADE IN THE USA!!!!

Gary, I started working in the textile industry when I was 18. I have traveled a lot of the World installing machinery. I would gladly discuss international trade with you. Just know that the problem started with NAFTA.

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by GUMP

Gary, I started working in the textile industry when I was 18. I have traveled a lot of the World installing machinery. I would gladly discuss international trade with you. Just know that the problem started with NAFTA.

I would join Gump in discussing the subject with you Gary.
Do you know that every Boeing airplane you fly with the airlines has a big percentage of structural parts made in China? If you are flying in an Airbus airplane, there are even more!
It is part of a global enterprise for competitiveness. Boeing airplanes do not only have parts made in China, but also in Taiwan, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and many other countries.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by GUMP

Gary, I started working in the textile industry when I was 18. I have traveled a lot of the World installing machinery. I would gladly discuss international trade with you. Just know that the problem started with NAFTA.

Trust me I hated that too, but 2008 affected more American workers (I know of one personally who worked for Nike), none of it is/was good, and it's a MAJOR BUMMER for the families who were affected directly by it!