| Re: So what's wrong with China?
First off , let's get one thing straight. Taiwan is not where the cheap horns are coming from. They're coming from The Peoples Republic of China.
The short of this very long and extremely complicated issue is this:
China is a Communist country that has a long list of human rights violations and has been tied to supporting many groups around the world that can only be considered terrorist organizations.
The Chinese workers that for the most part manufacture everything from trumpets to Barbie Dolls to plastic garbage containers...to possibly everything that we consume in the US, are underpaid and in many cases work in unhealthy work environments. They don't have the rights to challenge their system. You go to jail for questioning the system. Let's not overlook the fact that in many cases, children are forced into labor as well as prison inmates. Our purchases of items from China are basically bankrolling an extemely dangerous form of government.
Corporate America makes a bundle selling cheap Chinese products for way more then they're worth.....trumpets included. The bottom line is $'s. Profit comes before human rights and basic decency.
They might be making decent horns, but I refuse out of principal to purchase any instrument from China. |