Why America's Economy Fell off The Cliff

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Originally Posted by Rider

It's both but corporate greed is the main factor. US companies do not pay well enough so that ALL their employees can afford American made products exclusively. In addition to that, American companies are now outsourcing to foreign labor to increase profits. These foreign made products are making their way back to the US because the American consumers can only afford them or at least choose to buy to save money.

Sure, not everybody at every company can afford to buy American made products. I can agree with that. The fact is for a lot of products almost no one buys American. America used to make a lot of furniture. People stopped caring about quality and craftsmanship and only cared about getting a couch for 50-25% of the cost of American furniture. Now America makes almost no furniture, even though a conservative estimate is 25% of Americans can afford it. I don't see how that is corporate greed vs. Americans wanting cheap shit that doesn't last because it costs less.