longbow51
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It wasn't so much that American quality went down. Edwards Deming approached US companies first when he asked what the last step on the assembly line was and was told, "that's where we fix them". He developed total quality improvement, but Ford et. al rejected it, as they were selling cars like hotcakes.Agree. Sounds like why I am suspect of buying things online. But don't forget the 80's when Japanese cars were all the rage because the quality of American-made cars went down the drain. Competition is good, but Americans hate losing.
He went to Japan, devastated post-war, and they jumped on the idea. When Toyota entered the market and people discovered you could actually drive a car for years with little other than routine maintenance, they flocked to them, and US companies were forced to adopt similar quality protocols, what the Japanese call kaizen, continuous quality improvement.
As far as the tariffs go, not my area of expertise. I do know that when our kids were in Germany, most products on the shelves were made in Germany due to tariffs, and the German economy was very strong until they went Green and faltered.
I don't understand why it's OK that we can't export goods yet readily import.
Also, lots of kids today think they'll never own houses, largely because we've become a service economy. When manufacturing left, the middle class was destroyed.
And, guiltily, I don't feel good about buying things made by child slaves, so an alternative would be nice.