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- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013 · 44 comments
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- Blog: As Legislature remains deadlocked, Brownback in Chicago touting tax cuts May 20, 2013 · 23 comments
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013 · 8 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 4 comments
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013
- For Kansas basketball, recruiting never ceases May 20, 2013
- Two Topeka men shot in Lawrence early Sunday morning; police seeking persons of interest May 19, 2013
- Masterful gardens May 20, 2013
- Volunteers help move Lawrence institution — Theatre Lawrence May 19, 2013
- Tornado watch issued for Franklin County; hazardous weather possible for Lawrence May 20, 2013
- Daytripper: We're in the money May 20, 2013
- Summer job outlook good, not great May 20, 2013
- Expanding rooftop garden at KU Union provides herbs, vegetables for campus May 16, 2013
- Higher education funding back at the forefront; Republican leaders still negotiating budget and taxes May 16, 2013
Kansas Democratic leaders propose 'Buy American' law
This proposal sound good, but it's missing some very important points. 1. Products with too minimal failure-rate built in that's forced you to repetitive buying of the same product.. 2. American products manufactured with longivity encourages repeat purchases. We seem to be in a "throw-away" system. Use it for a short while and throw it away. 3. The quality of manufactured products are extremely important to establish a purchase rate in this economy. When we are faced with "extended warranties", "good, better, best". The manufacturer is silently telling you, you will have to replace it (probably in a short period of time) and that the product has a substantial window of failure. In other words, they're selling products with a short life. Is this what we truly want in American Products? To compete with the foreighn market, we need to produce a superior product than the competition, built in and by Americans and reasonably priced, but competitively priced. We need to create a demand for our quality built products and build them here.
October 27, 2012 at 12:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )