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#19121 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [gagrice] by imidazol97

Jul 13, 2012 (2:34 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 13, 2012 2:25 pm)
He probably owns one but I'll bet the rest of the stable is upscale.

#19122 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [gagrice] by fintail

Jul 14, 2012 (10:54 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 13, 2012 1:58 pm)
Doesn't need to be union made, just not made by the greatest intellectual property/environmental/social criminal of the industrialized world.
 
I wonder if any flags used in the ceremonies will be made there too.

#19123 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [fintail] by gagrice

Jul 14, 2012 (11:04 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jul 14, 2012 10:54 am)
We know the DNC bought 80,000 US flags from China for the 2008 convention. Then got caught dumping them. They tried their best to spin the story into one of theft of the flags. You don't leave bags of stuff laying beside a dumpster for over a week then claim it was stolen.
 
My guess is Lauren donated the uniforms. He paid the Chinese $50 a piece to make them and then wrote off the supposed cost of $1100 each, as a tax deduction. Then he can take the profits and donate them again this year to the Obama campaign. You can be anti American and anti Union as long as you donate to THE CAMPAIGN....

#19124 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [gagrice] by imidazol97

Jul 14, 2012 (12:08 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2012 11:04 am)
Lauren had donated heavily to the party and to the Prez. Surprise that he got the contract for the foreign made clothes?
 
Certainly have to be union clothing workers left in the US after all the companies moved to other countries to avoid paying taxes. Maybe they could convert an unused UAW plant in a swing state--executive order could establish a new clothing company.

#19125 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [gagrice] by fintail

Jul 14, 2012 (12:25 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2012 11:04 am)
I wouldn't doubt that there is some trickle down style tax policy somehow connected to those uniforms. I wonder if Chinese fabric is known to carry any dangerous chemicals...wouldn't be surprising.
 
With the way some things are shaping up, Barry's campaign might not need the contribution. The opponent is looking less embraceable with each new day.
 
The athletes should protest and either provide or start a fund for their own American made uniforms.

#19126 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [imidazol97] by fintail

Jul 14, 2012 (12:31 pm)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 14, 2012 12:08 pm)
Lauren is made of money, doesn't need the contract per se. Although he can probably reap greater rewards with it than his investment - make profit and gain tax advantages.
 
Coward companies running away who don't want to help maintain the system which enabled them to be born...that's just "capitalism", right?

#19127 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [fintail] by gagrice

Jul 14, 2012 (2:13 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jul 14, 2012 12:31 pm)
It is Crony Capitalism a far cry from pure capitalism. I think all the negative publicity in the media over the Chinese uniforms will remove Lauren from the A list at many Liberal parties this year.

#19128 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [gagrice] by fintail

Jul 14, 2012 (7:10 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2012 2:13 pm)
Lauren's bid could be crony capitalism - the bastards running away once they've struck gold is more like traitor capitalism.
 
I don't believe I own anything RL, and I can't see that changing. I suspect very little clothing is union made anyway...although I do have a nice Schott leather coat that I believe is. Wasn't cheap...but it's nice.

#19129 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [fintail] by gagrice

Jul 14, 2012 (10:33 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jul 14, 2012 7:10 pm)
I think the unions pushed the garment industry out of the USA. My mom and Grandma worked in sewing factories in Los Angeles during and after WW2. They worked piece work and made good money. The Unions came in and changed it all to hourly and the fast ones lost money and the slow ones did better. That killed incentive to do your best. The Public employee Unions have bankrupted 3 cities in CA and more are headed that way. Could be your town next.
 
PS
I don't own any designer cloths except Hawaiian shirts. I only buy Hawaiian made ones. Mostly from the Salvation Army. I doubt I have spent $200 a year on cloths over the last 50 years. Just not that important dressing fancy.

#19130 of 19798 Re: Lawmakers furious over China-made Olympic uniform [gagrice] by fintail

Jul 15, 2012 (4:05 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Jul 14, 2012 10:33 pm)
Third world wages pushed out that industry. Unions don't matter when labor costs 1/25th somewhere else, and the mills can operate with governments who don't care how the workers are treated so long as the right officials are paid off. I also don't know if the fastest worker would have produced the best quality, but I guess that's another story.
 
My city in particular couldn't be less like foreclosure-ridden inland California. Wages are highish here and the population is in general very literate and educated. The economy here isn't dependent on construction jobs and the tax base isn't forecast on increasing mirage home prices. I don't see the knowledge based jobs here simply evaporating overnight.
 
I don't spend a fortune on clothes either. So much of what is on the rack today is made in less than awesome places with less than awesome quality - no matter the pricetag or label. Thankfully, cars haven't succumbed to this.

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