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Cost of MR Hobby too Expensive !?!? Locked

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Monday, March 16, 2009 5:34 PM

Autobus Prime

But manufacturing hasn't been driven out of this country.  Far from it.  In fact, the US is the #1 manufacturing nation on Earth.  Why do people not realize this?

There's a TON of manufacturing in the US.  We're here, making the stuff you use every day. The post-industrial misconception is a harmful one, because it keeps smart kids with mechanical aptitude from seeking out training, and keeps us from getting the good people we need to make manufacturing even better.   

Most people do not get this kind of information because everybody's head is getting caved in by all the so called---globalist rhetoric. This kind of jabber has been going on since the early '70's when the fuel 'shortage' cropped up.---we just don't wanna hear this stuff because we'd rather spend the profits on buying up investments--one should see where the investment money is coming from--pension funds---

Autobus Prime

How does this have anything to do with model railroading?  I guess we should consider: have we ignored the manufacturing end of the hobby too much, in favor of farming it out and reaping easy profits? If we have, what are we going to do when the imports become too expensive?  This happened before, with brass.  It will happen again with Chinese plastic.

Although some are reporting plastics are already getting out of hand, I'll wait and see on this one--

Of course, Autobus--I could see more mfg opportunities coming back to your country as well as mine--it is already occurring----------------Whistling

Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry

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Posted by Don Z on Monday, March 16, 2009 6:09 PM

The coroner just looked into this thread and stated the horse has been declared dead. Time to stop the beating and find something else to discuss.

Don Z.

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