Pulling Back The Curtain

[PlaidJacket]

In light of current events affecting all of us I'll posit the following...

How do you feel today about having all** of our golf equipment being made/manufactured outside of the USA? Think cheap (or cheaper) golf equipment at all cost. Our beloved golf companies get all the upside with essentially little or none of the downside such as related to employment by having all components manufactured here. Well sure, I guess if a container ship sinks with a load of drivers onboard that's a downside. Should corporate responsibility or morals be a factor? Doesn't seem so. Of course golf equipment isn't essential/critical to our society or country. Only to people like us. Right? Would you be willing to pay more to have your golf equipment made in the USA. Heck we don't even assemble* the stuff. It would certainly provide more jobs so that'd be good wouldn't it. I'm sure some of you know more then me but as an example Tour Edge says on their website that they "build*" (assemble) each club in the USA. I assume components are forged/cast etc elsewhere. So where do we draw the line? Is there a line to be drawn? Is it ok for our golf equipment and TV's but perhaps not ok for other products? What do you think?

**Some golf balls are made here. Ex: Titleist, Bridgestone

[RetiredBoomer]

It's a tough situation.

Lot's of us would rather consumption items were manufactured domestically. 

A lot fewer of us would be willing to have less "stuff" because of the cost.

On top of that, none of us, save for a few oligarchs, gets to call the shot.

 

And all of this is exacerbated by the fact that polarized Americans can arrive at consensus at nothing,

so there will be no solidarity of effort to influence the result, on way or another.

There are no moderate solutions to radical problems, and for better or worse, there are more moderate than radical people.

 

Best not to think too much about it, then, unless you're willing to go "all in" on a solution.

 

 

 

 

 

[GimmeAnother1]

The cheap labor component is not as much of a factor these days. In many cases its automated and machined. I bet if we did an honest analysis of production in the other countries cannot ours it’s not really labor but less restrictions on manufacturing for these other countries. Cut the red tape in US and playing field is level. Introduce incentives to build in US and even better than level. The stigma high cost in US is not what it was 10-20yrs ago.

If we could get govt that worked for US instead of against it the US would lead the world once again. US created the industrial revolution. Detroit was the automobile capital of the world for many many years. The cheap labor argument is a straw one at this point in our technology cycle.