No offense to Chinese, but I am so sick of seeing "Made in China" so much!!

glad you have a workplan to avoid that! Its sad that cheap labor is on the top of everyones list regardless of quality or providing jobs to our own fellow-countrymen first!

Yes I know a lot of Americans are mad about the outsourcing happening! I empathise with that very much. For my part, though its India thats blamed for all this happening, its also not the best thing to happen cos my city - bangalore is so ruined with the outsourced jobs, salaries in that sector are higher by 50% or more than regular jobs and thereby a larger gap between haves and have nots is created. The market prices of everything has gone up to match the haves, the buildings have changed, its more crowded with out of state people here to make that extra buck... yeah its a bad thing!

thank you for telling me what it is like for you because of outsourcing. yes that is another thing that frustrates Americans. many customer service jobs are outsourced to India. for me, calling my local utility company puts me on the line with someone in India. that makes me crazy! I don't blame Indians, I blame the American companies who do this. It is also frustrating because although there are people in your country who speak English well there are others who have such a heavy accent that it is frustrating to speak to them. I also get angry because I am out of work and I could do customer service work but because of outsourcing there aren't many jobs. Also it changes how much money Americans make. The only people in this country who do well are the higher ups in these companies that abuse the system. I like mylot because it helps all of us to see that no matter where you live so many of us are better effected by this economic mess.

Yes, I believe local stuff needs support and also the quality is more controllable. And besides, I cant help but worry what can happen with all that money could be going if everyone is buying/ sourcing Chinese stuff!