With all the Chinese goods being tainted stories around, you'd be rightfully worried about the safety of just about everything around you. China is a world superpower when it comes to manufacturing everyday items that you and I use.
The worse thing is this troubling statistic: The CPSC also said 60 percent of all recalled consumer products in the United States this year have come from China -- from toys and jewelry made with lead-based paint to small, defective space heaters that could result in fires.
Now, how do we remedy that? "Anything that does not meet our standards should not be allowed to be imported." That seems like a reasonable solution. Random testing of various products that come into the country, regardless of country of origin, would force people to shape up. Companies should demand that if a product that they subcontract out for, if it's not up to snuff, not pay for that product that was produced. In other words, if I have my product made in China for $10 per unit, and 3,000 units are found to be defective, I pay nothing.
If that doesn't shape China up for product safety, then companies will slowly start to move their businesses elsewhere. No one wants to be known for selling a defective product, and if China wants to remain an economic heavyweight, they'll start shaping up quickly, or we'll simply take our business elsewhere.
Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com
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