Addicted to china

In my work as a scooter mechanic, i routinely see many cheap Chinese scooters.
There is no end of the wonder that comes from the mechanics for why people buy these pieces of crap.
Well, everyone at my work thinks a lot about why people buy cheap.
I want to just say, that we are addicted to the idea of buying cheap.
We will have some severe problems if we were to go to war with china because of the fact that we cannot produce the goods we need to to keep the country afloat.
We have the mentality to buy the cheapest product available with no regard of the consequences.
How was it produced? Child labor and pollution?
Does buying from china weaken our economy and strengthen theirs?
It is something we all need to think about.

We all have many finantual obligations but we need to consider that the shortcuts we are taking will have long term consequences.
We need to be more of a nation that produces and less of a nation that consumes.

As a after thought, don't buy a chinese scooter, because they will fall apart.

Just think about who you are paying next time you buy from china.