Comments on: U.S. Hearings Open Today on Chinese Drywall: Another Import Made with Reckless Abandon http://ecosalon.com/drywall-hearings/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: american born chinese http://ecosalon.com/drywall-hearings/#comment-4149 american born chinese Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:49:07 +0000 http://www.ecosalon.com/?p=17330#comment-4149 Sure, you can make the stuff here, for ten times the cost, which is why American homebuilders were sending for it from abroad to meet the demands of the sub-prime mortgage lenders greedily doling out mortgages to Americans who couldn't even afford their homes. And Chinese manufacturers met the needs demanded by these homeowners and mortgage lenders. They're still buying the product and installing it, too, which means that even if a Chinese manufacturer created a defective product, it's not stopping Americans today from buying it for cheap over a non-defective product and putting it in people's homes just to make a quick buck. So, sure, blame China for everything, but it's also the Americans' fault for building cheap houses in the first place. Sure, you can make the stuff here, for ten times the cost, which is why American homebuilders were sending for it from abroad to meet the demands of the sub-prime mortgage lenders greedily doling out mortgages to Americans who couldn’t even afford their homes. And Chinese manufacturers met the needs demanded by these homeowners and mortgage lenders. They’re still buying the product and installing it, too, which means that even if a Chinese manufacturer created a defective product, it’s not stopping Americans today from buying it for cheap over a non-defective product and putting it in people’s homes just to make a quick buck. So, sure, blame China for everything, but it’s also the Americans’ fault for building cheap houses in the first place.

]]> By: Claire http://ecosalon.com/drywall-hearings/#comment-1975 Claire Thu, 21 May 2009 20:07:20 +0000 http://www.ecosalon.com/?p=17330#comment-1975 Scary stuff. And why we are importing this stuff at all? It could be made here! Scary stuff. And why we are importing this stuff at all? It could be made here!

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