Comments on: China Says Toy Company Boss Killed Himself

Factory Made Nearly A Million Toys Recalled In U.S. Due To Lead Paint

[darkfyreaol]

Sadly, it seems everything in America is made in China these days. My bicycle, my computer mouse, keyboard, remote control, television set, telephone, DSL modem..All Chinese in make.

[rushlimpdrug]

Mattel should make the Zhang Shuhong doll - the head would just pop right off.

[dzfromsc]

USAyesterday:
Capitalism does have very serious problems. I would have to agree with you about that.
Who let company A outsource in the first place? The government should have been protecting America's assets, not shipping them off to China.
I'd rather it say made in Japan than made in China.
I didn't say WalMart or shopping at WalMart was the only reason but it certainly doesn't help the situation.
Unions are no longer doing what they were intended to do.
And maybe that family man making $40,000 can't afford to buy American clothes, but some people can.
We should re-use and recycle...it can't make anything worse.

[phil-in-fin]

Rafterman1 said,

"Yeah, Zhang Shuhong committed 'suicide' when a government official put a gun to his head and fired :)"

Perhaps Donald Trump could try this to raise his ratings ...

"Zhang Shuhong, you're fired ... Bill (who is filling in for George), show him the door (i.e. let him have it) ..."

BAM!

Can you see the ratings sky-rocket, especially amongst those gun-slinging NRAs?

[erasmus6]

airmanc5

If you can't find an American made tennis shoe you could always buy a Canadian made tennis shoe.:)

[erasmus6]

ScarletPhD

"Sub-human FILTH!"

Geez, are you talking about yourself again?!

[infidel_us]

WARNING: Manufacturing toys in China may be hazardous to your health! :)

[usayesterday]

...to continue...

The root of the lower wages/lower standard of living is not solely caused by people shopping at Walmart, and it is NOT caused solely by Walmart alone.

Look at your home theater/home computer type of electronics. You may have bought them at Best Buy, Circuit City, or some other big-box retailer, but I guarantee that they are not made in America.

Oh, and buying Japanese is somewhat laughable since many Japanese companies have outsourced their manufacturing to China and other Asian countries as well, (specifically the Japanese electronics companies).

Manufacturing in Japan is also very expensive as it is in America. And again, if the competitor companies are manufacturing in China, then you either have to follow suit, or find another line of business.

As for buying "American", patriotism is nice, but if the similar products don't have a clearly higher level of quality than an import...

...then there is no incentive to buy American! Try telling a family man, making around $40,000 a year, to pay twice as much for clothing for his children... for what?..... To hopefully allow a few workers in a factory in Alabama a few more days or weeks of employment (at near minimum wage)?

Greed, allowed by free-market capitalism, is the core of the problem. And since this country was built on capitalism, it will be hard to shift away from this current system.

Somewhere between Socialism and Capitalism is a 'happy medium' or a suitable compromise, (I believe).

[usayesterday]

DZfromSC:

Unfortunately, I strongly disagree with most of your comments, except for the encouragement to "buy American."

Congratulations on your Poli-Sci degree. However, some business and economics graduates may agree with this:

You can't blame the pursuit of cheaper products on the people who shop a discount retailers like WalMart. It is somewhat of a 'chicken-and-egg' situation. What came first; people's pursuit of cheaper products causing lower wages, OR, lower wages causing people to shop for cheaper products?

Some business executive somewhere first decided to outsource his labor and/or his manufacturing to China or some Asian country. Company 'B' found that Company 'A' was making significantly higher profits because of the outsourced labor/manufacturing. Thus, Company 'B', in order to compete, had to either follow what Company 'A' was doing or lower the wages on their workers here in America. And thus begun the avalanche of lower wages and in most cases, a lower standard of living for the American Middle Class workers!

Our economic system of free-market capitalism allows for the greed that causes this ever decreasing standards, both for jobs and quality of products produced...

...all for the almighty dollar!

[ivandrago]

I'd give this suicide a 50-50 chance of being legit.