Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a popular, but mistaken, notion that we don't make things any more. While manufacturing is only 10% of our economy, we are the third largest exporter, just behind Germany. On May 19, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > Nothing wrong with that. Its why China's GDP is growing too. I'm > constantly amazed that Americans are as stupid as we are about economics. > We've let ourselves be convinced by idiot politicians and greedy > businessmen that a country can stay rich without actually making anything. > Well, we make very little now, and we're falling into poverty, while > Germany is still prosperous and China is becoming prosperous. What do > Germany and China do? They MAKE THINGS. They don't just push paper. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 5/19/12 4:28 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote: > >> Yes, their GDP is growing because they are selling all their products to >> the other euro countries. >> >> >> On May 19, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Robert Meier wrote: >> >>> Did you mean a 'tectonic shift'? >>> >>> On May 19, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Richard Man wrote: >>> >>>> As someone who grew up in the government projects in Hong Kong, then >>>> "made >>>> it" and bought a house in Palo Alto, but now hit with the financial >>>> fallout, plus having one kid in college and one kid entering college >>>> in a >>>> year or so, I can fully understand Philip and Chris' plight. Did I >>>> work my >>>> arse off to get to where I was? Yes. Do I see the same problems that >>>> they >>>> allude to? Yes. >>>> >>>> What I see is a system increasingly deck against the Little Guys, but >>>> my >>>> rant is only suitable for the Forum. Yes, the opportunities are still >>>> out >>>> there - for my children's sake, I sure hope that it is true. But one >>>> should >>>> not think that the situation is the same as even 5 years ago. Times >>>> have >>>> changed. A nothing 3 bedroom house in Vancouver can fetch over 1.3 >>>> million >>>> dollars, mostly because of all the rich money from China. How would you >>>> like to be growing up in Vancouver and then knowing that there is no >>>> way >>>> you can stay there? Same thing is happening in the Silicon Valley (and >>>> have >>>> been happening since I moved here ~20 years ago). We are seeing a >>>> Teutonic >>>> shift, just that it's not affecting people in "other countries," but >>>> right >>>> here in USA, and not limited to a particular race or geographic >>>> regions. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information