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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Made in the USA, Maybe Red is on to Something

Of course I agree. But let's not forget Google can well afford it and is only doing it in a small test way. What we really need to do is re-create a more creative and sustainable economy and a less consumer throw-away one. Jim's attempt to mitigate that by not building in obsolescense is noble and correct.

But it strikes me the key to any of this really coming to fruition, is creating a more equitable society where the working poor, the fraying bottom-end of so-called "middle class" -- can afford to buy items manufacturered here by companies that can pay a living wage to those who do the work. Achieving balance is a constant struggle. And when companies can profit by making things here, they will do so. That is the ultimate incentive. Incidentally, I find most people aren't aware of the huge subsidies that the taxpayers give right now to encourage manufacturing here. Including those given by states. One might argue that the entire military industrial complex is a taxpayer subsidy of largely huge lobbyist corporations and their guaranteed profits. I don't think ultimately this kind of artificial subsidy is either productive or sustainable.
 
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