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So the logical conclusion is, why keep the Orion plant open?? Unfortunately, US consumers won't benefit from this move in production one iota. There will be no slashing of the sticker price, just a big increase in corporate profits. People took notice when Apple became the most profitable company in the world and many are modeling themselves to be more like Apple.
The big loser in this is the United States of America. Concentrating all manufacturing of everything into one country, a country that is not all that friendly towards America is a terrible idea and will be our downfall. The downfall is happening right now. The middle class is getting weaker and weaker, the country is going deeper and deeper into debt, manufacturing is almost totally dependent on China, Chinese students are being educated here in our universities by the thousands, Chinese money is coming here to buy up property, companies, assets, talent and the American people are oblivious as to what the likely outcome of this is.
The ruin of America. China won't have to fight us at all. When the collapse comes, they will simply dictate to us what we have to do for them to bail us out. Much like Germany tells Greece what to do. We will be powerless to do anything about it by then.
If we want our country back, we need to ditch all this "free trade" crap and put up trade barriers,
just like every other country in the world. We need to protect our manufacturing for the sake of the middle class, but also for the sake of national security.
Yes the barriers, whether it be taxes, or quotas will be disruptive and cause pain here at home. Big companies like GM and Apple will be in trouble, consumer prices will go up and there may even be shortages for a time, but if we ratchet them in slowly and in not to big at first, there will be time to transition back to closer to what it was. We will never be the country of the 1950s-70s again, but we can gain back some of the basic principles of what made us great then.
No, I won't be buying Chinese Buick as long as there is an alternative. However, when there are no more alternatives, I will likely step in line with everyone else and buy my brand new shiny Chinese car.