The euro - what a mess

Roverowner · 11th December 2011, 17:42

-Partly I agree however it is a fact that the manufacturing element of a product is the least profitable one and the money is in design and marketing and branding-

Splitting hairs:xmas-smiley-004:

-However manufacturing does employ people and gives them a feeling of self worth so it isn't and shouldn't always be about the margin. I guess the politico's will argue that they tried to get us nice jobs and not boring prodcution line ones as we do the design etc and poorly paid Chinese do that bit.-

It´s all about being self sufficiant. To get there is going to cost a lot and the european public don´t want to got back to the times where the nation was more or less self sufficiant. Every one has got used to a certain standard of living but there is no -substance- to sustain that any more.
I wouldn´t rely on design and marketing to save the western worlds bacon. If the eastern world hasn´t caught up (and I haven´t a clue) then they will soon and just cut out the middle man. The -easterner- isn´t as dumb as the west might suppose. They wait, keep quiet, and learn. Then try to to do things in a better way. Don´t think the Chinese are so poorly paid anymore (according to the smog over Beijing). Where are all the bikes. Must be terrible being -bicycle repair man-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfzm9dfqBw

11th December 2011, 17:42	#35
Roverowner Retired CDTi Tourer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Linköping Posts: 5,023 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	-Partly I agree however it is a fact that the manufacturing element of a product is the least profitable one and the money is in design and marketing and branding- Splitting hairs:xmas-smiley-004: -However manufacturing does employ people and gives them a feeling of self worth so it isn't and shouldn't always be about the margin. I guess the politico's will argue that they tried to get us nice jobs and not boring prodcution line ones as we do the design etc and poorly paid Chinese do that bit.- It´s all about being self sufficiant. To get there is going to cost a lot and the european public don´t want to got back to the times where the nation was more or less self sufficiant. Every one has got used to a certain standard of living but there is no -substance- to sustain that any more. I wouldn´t rely on design and marketing to save the western worlds bacon. If the eastern world hasn´t caught up (and I haven´t a clue) then they will soon and just cut out the middle man. The -easterner- isn´t as dumb as the west might suppose. They wait, keep quiet, and learn. Then try to to do things in a better way. Don´t think the Chinese are so poorly paid anymore (according to the smog over Beijing). Where are all the bikes. Must be terrible being -bicycle repair man- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfzm9dfqBw