“Wal-Mart China persists in local procurement which provides more job opportunities, supports local manufacture industry and promotes local economy. So far, 95% of merchandising sold at Wal-Mart China store are local products by which Wal-Mart has established business relations with nearly 20,000 suppliers. At Wal-Mart, we treat suppliers as partners and would like to develop with them. In 2008 Wal-Mart won the Supplier Satisfaction published by Business Information of Shanghai for five consecutive years.”

5% foreign in China….

That does not support American exports and American jobs…..

Remember what Lance Winslow wrote in that article “The Flow of Trade in a Global Economy”….dang! better yet…just take the time and read this ….”Now let us look at Wal-Mart again; you buy a product there, 6% goes to the employees, 10-18% is profit to the company, 25% goes to other costs and 50% goes to re-stock or the cost of goods sold. Of the 50% about 20-25% goes to China, a guess, but you get the point. Now then, how long will it take at 433 Billion dollars at year for China to have all of our money, leaving no money flow for us to circulate? At a 17 Trillion dollar economy less than 40-years minus the 1/6 they buy from us. Some say that if we keep putting money into our economy, it would take forever, but if we do not then eventually all the money flow will go. If China buys our debt then eventually they own us, no need to worry about a war, they are buying America, due in part to our own mismanaged trade, so whose fault is that? Not necessarily China, as they are doing what’s in the best interests, and we should make sure that trade is not only free, but fair too.”

Also, think for a moment about George Washington….yes the man that is on the US dollar bill…. “Washington had been reelected unanimously in 1792. His decision not to seek a third term established a tradition that is now embedded in the 22d Amendment of the Constitution.”

Take the time to read his farewell address after only eight years of serving his country and than ask yourself this….How do you think George feels being sent overseas in return for all that foreign so-call cheap items and being left in a foreign bank because the American worker doesn’t make anything for the foreigners to buy. Cheap items didn’t make this great union of 57…oops! 50 states the greatest place on the face of this Earth…..the American worker (union and non-union) did.

You can’t have a strong country without having a strong currency and you can’t have a strong currency unless you keep it floating around within your 50 states. This is why the store with the star in the name puts 95% China made items in their stores in China….to keep their “yuan” in their country helping the nice people there. And with only 5% left for all the other 182 country’s that make stuff including the United States of America….that doesn’t produce very many jobs outside of China.

Being an old person myself and knowing how it was back in the 40′s, 50′s and 60′s in this union of 50 states….I look at George each time I pull him out of my billfold and make a promise to send him out for items made in America so after floating around helping each hand he touches just maybe one day he will shake mine again.

The same kind of thing was said when the Indian Tata Nano was announced. What’s preventing these companies from coming to US is 1) Crash & Safety Regulations, 2) Quality, 3) Dealer network and 4) the shrunken economy. Ain’t going to happen any time soon.

Another reason to hate WalMart…

Nismo – Me too bro. Funny sh!t johnny, the next round’s on me.

Seriously though. The company itself is so sure that no one will buy their cars if they sell them at dealerships, so the only way to sell them is through a retail store? So how much will the warranty protection plan cost? I can hear it now…. “$74.99 for 5 years of full protection. All you pay is the shipping.” Lol.

Seems I’ll be keeping the present car a couple decades longer than I thought.