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Re: Cheap Enough Though
by ihatethenewlogin

No, silly, it was CAPC-- Cheap American Plastic Crap. But the Chinese and Cambodians and Vietnames and Thai can make it cheaper than we can, so they make it now.

And I don't mean that CCPC as a slight: We're talking about 59 cent spatulas and $1.29 dish drainers. These are not great products, whoever makes them. But the Chinese make a lot of very good, servicable, inexpensive stuff. Bicycles, electronics, clothes, shoes. Americans spend a small fraction of what they used to spend on clothing, thanks to the Chinese-- which frees up a lot of income that can be spent on other stuff: travel, eating out, better housing.

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