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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1638162, member: 26302&quot;]What the bloody heck are you talking about, &quot;exported our economy&quot;? Just because cheap consumer goods are made in China nowadays because Americans didn&#039;t want those jobs? Don&#039;t like it? Shop at at different stores. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The economy&quot; is a whole continuum, and LONG ago services became more valuable than the value of manufactured goods, WAY before China. To say we are weak and pitiful because cheap consumer goods aren&#039;t made here much anymore is sickening.</p><p><br /></p><p>China is a powerful nation, it has been for all of human history save for short periods of decline. 1800-2000 was that short period of decline, but they are back. Good for them. The US is still 4 times the size of their economy, though, with 1/5th the population. I am proud of our nation, I grew up that way and still am. We still are a nation anyone with perseverence and ambition can make something of themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, this US bashing and &quot;the whole world is being made in China&quot; crud just is getting on my nerves. Just because Microsoft, Google, and Apple are not physical goods manufacturers do not make them less important companies. We no longer are the world leaders in buggy whip production either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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