Shoe War
2017 Ken Bushnell

   I got a theory.  The Chinese have already declared war on the United 
States.  Yea.  The first salvo is they sell us crummy shoes.  Shoes that 
fall apart.    The seams rip, the soles fall apart.  How long do you think 
someone can put up a fight if their shoes that are falling off?
   You see it used to be you could buy shoes that would last, well maybe 
not a life time, but a long long time and you didn't even worry about it.  
We'd go to Sears or the Red Wing store and you'd get shoes that would feel 
great and last for just about forever.  You didn't think about your shoes.  
They were dependable.  Now you buy a pair of crummy shoes at the 
department store, because they're next to nothing, and they start falling 
apart as soon as you get them home.  This makes for the first shot across 
the bow at work.  How can someone be expected to do their job if their 
shoes are falling off their feet making it all that much more tougher for 
domestic businesses to compete with imports.  Imagine trying to supply an 
army if the manufacture sector is slowed down by crappy shoes.  Yea.  It's 
a plot.  The first salvo, fired by the Chinese, is crummy shoes.
   Here's one for ya.  Have you ever noticed that the shoe laces keep 
growing longer on your shoes.  They stretch.  Not only do the shoe laces 
outlast the shoes, but shoe laces get so long that you trip over them.  
How's it gonna look if people in the factories and the armies start 
tripping over themselves because their shoe laces got to long.  
   It's pretty clever how the Chinese figured this out.  You don't want to 
cut the ends off your shoe laces because they have those plastic tips you 
might need if you ever have to re-lace up your shoes.  
      Actually it's not war.  It's just the the Chinese were able to meet 
a demand, cheap shoes.  We not only spend less on a pair of shoes, but we 
get less.  During the transition from domestic to Chinese prices people 
were thrilled to get low cost shoes.  And the Chinese achieved amazing 
manufacturing standards get the most out of the material, achieving 
maximum strength with a finite amount of material, thereby lowering costs.  
Amazing!


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