Quality

"How low can we go in quality, but still keep our customers?" This question is ridiculous. One or one company always strives for the best.

In this world now of excessive trade (mostly in the U.S. - to the detrement of the U.S.) the highest quality must be strived for. Too much technology and ideas have been let out of the bag by I think our greedy CEO's and Manager's at the cost of America's well being. The bottom line is all that matters. And of course, foreign countries are only too happy to take these ideas, make products from them at a lower cost, and export them right back to America.

And of course some countries make better products than we do, but that's no reason to let your industry (ies) go down the drain. Yes, I think that tariffs (the % would have to be calculated to be effective) are definitely a short term solution. This would give time to the "unhealthy" industries in America to boost quality and also regain customers.

It's treachery to let the U.S. go down in blazing flames, just for the sake of globalization!