Senator Rick Scott: American consumers must stop buying Chinese products

[beijingwalker]

Senator Rick Scott: American consumers must stop buying Chinese products

 

[Beast]

Great, please stop buying Chinese product.

Do what you preach and not like Trump who still plenty of housing asset in China and buy made in China flags US andf cap for his 2020 re election campaign.

 

[zectech]

The Senate had a bill supported by a majority of senators that would 'jail' somebody for 20 years if they bought American made products and only bought American made products. It was the 'jail the trump supporter' bill.

I am not making this up. And the House had a similar bill to kidnap anybody who buys only American made goods.

They were ready to use grocery store cameras to see if anybody chose a Made in America good over a Made in Israhell good. Anybody who chose made in America over Made in Israhell would get 20 years in 'prison'.

Washington is the joke of the world.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I am not sure since when is "Not competing" part of American mindset ?

• Chinese go to Disney Land
• Chinese buy Apple in bucket loads
• Chinese watch American Cinema Movies, that is why 50% of Movies make profit even if they are bad CGI flicks
• Chinese Tourist , came with Dollar , to Tour USA and Western world
• Chines companies hired overseas
• Certain GM vehicles gained popularity in China
• Who is subsribing to Netflix ? China of course

So considering all this, a self-developed fear of china is quite astonishing

 

[Bilal9]

I am not sure since when is "Not competing" part of American mindset ?

• Chinese go to Disney Land
• Chinese buy Apple in bucket loads
• Chinese watch American Cinema Movies, that is why 50% of Movies make profit even if they are bad CGI flicks
• Chinese Tourist , came with Dollar , to Tour USA and Western world
• Chines companies hired overseas
• Certain GM vehicles gained popularity in China
• Who is subsribing to Netflix ? China of course

So considering all this, a self-developed fear of china is quite astonishing

All those items you mentioned don't really matter when you talk commodity items. The wholesalers in NYC are the ones that threw American industry under the bus. For a margin of fifteen cents on the dollar, manufacturing was shifted to of outside the US, specifically, China. This has gone on for two decades and now there is hell to pay all of a sudden.

The amount of goods sold in the US that is 'made in China' is humongous. Selling a few Disneyland tickets, or Buicks or watching Netflix in return will not make much of a difference...

But the Chicken has come home to roost.

Even China is too expensive a place to manufacture some commodity goods and their govt. cannot keep manufacturing in China, even with currency manipulation. This is called the middle income trap, and the Asian Tiger economies fell into this trap.

Now it is China's turn, and it must use countries like Vietnam or Bangladesh to do what was done to it (subcontract labor) by the likes of Japan, Taiwan or South Korea.

 

[war&peace]

More like desperation & frustration nothing else. Most probably the iPhone he is using is made in China, The TV in his TV-lounge and its remote are made in China.

 

[macnurv]

Senator Rick Scott: American consumers must stop buying Chinese products

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you Florida Man of US Senate, Rick Scott.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The Senate had a bill supported by a majority of senators that would 'jail' somebody for 20 years if they bought American made products and only bought American made products. It was the 'jail the trump supporter' bill.

I am not making this up. And the House had a similar bill to kidnap anybody who buys only American made goods.

They were ready to use grocery store cameras to see if anybody chose a Made in America good over a Made in Israhell good. Anybody who chose made in America over Made in Israhell would get 20 years in 'prison'.

Washington is the joke of the world.

LOL! Yeah you are making it up. Post a link or go away.
The only bill I know of had to do with buying American flags made outside the country.

 

[LeGenD]

This is extreme.

Protect and/or uplift your industries, but nothing wrong with taking a look at 'made in China', or products from any foreign country.

I am using a Chinese toothbrush, and it is lasting longer than many I have tested/used thus far. I will buy the same toothbrush again if I notice it in markets.

Competition is the fundamental driver of innovation worldwide.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I am using a Chinese toothbrush, and it is lasting longer than many I have tested/used thus far. I will buy the same toothbrush again if I notice it in markets.

Competition is the fundamental driver of innovation worldwide.

Better than Sonicare or Oral-B?

 

[AViet]

All those items you mentioned don't really matter when you talk commodity items. The wholesalers in NYC are the ones that threw American industry under the bus. For a margin of fifteen cents on the dollar, manufacturing was shifted to of outside the US, specifically, China. This has gone on for two decades and now there is hell to pay all of a sudden.

The amount of goods sold in the US that is 'made in China' is humongous. Selling a few Disneyland tickets, or Buicks or watching Netflix in return will not make much of a difference...

But the Chicken has come home to roost.


Even China is too expensive a place to manufacture some commodity goods and their govt. cannot keep manufacturing in China, even with currency manipulation. This is called the middle income trap, and the Asian Tiger economies fell into this trap.

Now it is China's turn, and it must use countries like Vietnam or Bangladesh to do what was done to it (subcontract labor) by the likes of Japan, Taiwan or South Korea.

China is already a highly developed country, even with GDP per capita of $10,000. The middle income trap is not about the figures only, but about the capability of a country to live itself up from a "developing" status, i.e. poor in education quality, technology,... to "developed" status, i.e. becoming master of technology. With GDP of $10 - 15,000, China, Russia or Poland are developed countries, but Greek, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta etc. or Equatorial Guinea are still "developing" even with GDP capita of $20,000 - 25,000. I would consider Ukraine with GDP of only $3,000 more "developed" than Brunei or Qatar with GDP of $50,000 - 100,000.

 

[Bilal9]

Better than Sonicare or Oral-B?

Yes. Quality meaning longevity of battery life and function is no worse than SONICARE, which is the main knockoff target. Not so much for the Oral-B, the also ran.

So these knockoffs are selling for around $20-$30, and they use identical brush heads like the philips sonicare.

while you can get 2 packs of REAL Philips SONICARE brushes with a few refill brushheads at Costco for around say $69. I'd choose Sonicare then. When the brushheads wear out, then get the knockoff Chinese brushheads, which are every bit as good.

Real Philips SONICAREs will last about three years plus, the knockoffs about half that and may be more if you're lucky.

I used to support Philips Norelco for being an American outfit (the brand is actually Dutch), then I had a really bad customer service experience, and decided to not give them any more of my money. They manufacture their stuff in China too, and their margin is far higher than the knockoff Chinese brands. They don't deserve their reputation...

China is already a highly developed country, even with GDP per capita of $10,000. The middle income trap is not about the figures only, but about the capability of a country to live itself up from a "developing" status, i.e. poor in education quality, technology,... to "developed" status, i.e. becoming master of technology. With GDP of $10 - 15,000, China, Russia or Poland are developed countries, but Greek, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta etc. or Equatorial Guinea are still "developing" even with GDP capita of $20,000 - 25,000. I would consider Ukraine with GDP of only $3,000 more "developed" than Brunei or Qatar with GDP of $50,000 - 100,000.

Point well taken, but I'd argue that while GDP per capita has gone up, basic innovation and scientific achievement is still not at second world level, much less first world. Most of the technology is pilfered and that shortcut can help produce knockoffs, but basic innovation remains elusive in higher technology areas and will take longer to catch up. I don't think of quality when I see 'Made in China' labels (with rare exceptions, see above). No offense to my Chinese friends.

And forget about trust and dignity. Those are unknown qualities in small business circles in China.

In Asian countries, there are two types of people. There are the educated, reserved, dignified honorable folks with principle and from good families.

And then you have the uneducated scum small business folk with NO principle.

If you haven't lived in the West for a while, you will not understand the difference between the value systems.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Yes. Quality meaning longevity of battery life and function is no worse than SONICARE, which is the main knockoff target. Not so much for the Oral-B, the also ran.

So these knockoffs are selling for around $20-$30, and they use identical brush heads like the philips sonicare.

while you can get 2 packs of REAL Philips SONICARE brushes with a few refill brushheads at Costco for around say $69. I'd choose Sonicare then. When the brushheads wear out, then get the knockoff Chinese brushheads, which are every bit as good.

Real Philips SONICAREs will last about three years plus, the knockoffs about half that and may be more if you're lucky.

I used to support Philips Norelco for being an American outfit (the brand is actually Dutch), then I had a really bad customer service experience, and decided to not give them any more of my money. They manufacture their stuff in China too, and their margin is far higher than the knockoff Chinese brands. They don't deserve their reputation...
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I will agree with you that Philips is not knocking themselves out warning people they will only get about 3 years of life (~1000 charges) out of their Sonicare and Norelco products if they recharge them every day. For instance keeping the Sonicare stand plugged in and then putting your brush back on it after brushing. I only plug mine in when the charge runs out. I'm averaging about 7 years I think and that's only because I can tell the battery is almost dead when my time between charges starts diving to a few days.

Plus just like the printer ink price gouging the replacement heads are pricey.