If you buy Apple products you are part of the problem
https://www.ft.com/content/5b2af247-46fa-45de-94e1-b669bb0c3164Apple has reprimanded one of its largest manufacturers after a Financial Times investigation found that thousands of student interns had worked overtime to assemble iPhones, in breach of Chinese law.
After being contacted by the FT, Apple said it had stopped giving “new business” to Pegatron, its second-largest iPhone assembler after Foxconn. However, workers there said the factory was still manufacturing new products ahead of the holidays.
Apple did not explain how it defined “new business”, nor what the material impact of the “probation”, if any, would be on Pegatron. The iPhone maker sought to place blame for the abuses squarely on its manufacturing partner, saying: “The individuals at Pegatron responsible for the violations went to extraordinary lengths to evade our oversight mechanisms. Pegatron has now fired the executive with direct oversight of the programme.”
“Once you step on to the factory floor, you can’t stop working until lunchtime. Sometimes you get orders you can’t complete — 600 to 1,000 [iPhones] per hour — and then they don’t let you eat lunch,” said the former worker. Pegatron did not immediately respond to the FT regarding the worker’s claims.
When are people going to open their eye and understand Apple is not a good company? They never sever relations with companies that abuse their workers they just warn them because their bottom line is more important than any abuses, look at Foxconn. I don't understand people who are still buying Apple products but I do know they are a huge part of the problem and should be ashamed of themselves.
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Look at the Facebook users! I don't do that, and they're the REAL problem!
It was the first time that I bought an iPhone. Prior to that, all of my "smartphones" were flip-phones or had about 4MB of memory. My coworker peeps from West Dayton poked fun at me for not having something decent, so it was peer pressure from them! Lol. (Not really, but they indeed laughed about it.)
I kind of get what Trump was trying to achieve with his "America First" policy but it was an extremely terrible policy and came off as very Nazi esque. But figuring out a viable policy that benefits both domestic and foreign workers could take years if not decades to properly sort out, and might take an international treaty or two. No way would Trump cooperate with such a thing. 
Thank goodness that wasnt it as we have alot that in the house! 
Why do you think Walmart is, possibly, the biggest US retailer and employer? We want cheap, and most of us can't afford expensive shit. (The fact most of us can't afford it is another issue.)
Why do you think we all want the cool things, but don't care how they were made? A certain segment of us CAN afford it, and We are SHALLOW. I must confess that we have three apple computers, two apple tablets, two android cell phones (which we hardly ever use), a Sony 4k 75" tv, a Onkyo recever and cd player, a really old Technics complete rack stereo system, and a really old HP laptop. So I am certainly one to talk...
President Biden needs to direct all the companies that sent everything off-shore, to BRING IT BACK. So what if it costs a little more, Americans will benefit from the jobs.
I am sure that if Americans are benefiting from the higher prices, we will willingly fork over our not-so-hard earned money. (Should I post the sarcasm smilie here?)
Let's be realistic, very few of us have had to actually do HARD physical labor to pay our way in life. We could never handle the practices of sweatshops. We would never submit to manually harvesting our fruits and vegetables. We MAY could physically do it, but no one would even apply for those jobs. We have no problem sweating at the gym, but IN A FIELD, BENT OVER ALL DAY harvesting produce? I don't think so.
Obvious hard labor exceptions are the trades... construction, plumbing, electrical, hvac, landscaping... But those usually allow for a living wage.
I'm 69. The last job I had that required physical labor was when I was 27. I entered the educational system and was there (at various universities/colleges) until I retired in 2017.
But as a child I worked in tobacco fields (family forced child labor 
which was typical of the time), the days running from sun-up to sun-down. After graduating from high school I had a few construction jobs, then I finally became a part of the pink ghetto, (male clericals) in the university system. I vowed to never go back to hard physical work again.
If we could bring back the manufacturing jobs, due to technological advances, hard labor would be minimal, and wages would allow a sustainable life.
Some jobs should never come back. Retraining the work force be required, and some may not want to retrain, but "it is what it is".
President Biden knows what we need to do. The question is if we the people, will make the necessary sacrifices to allow the transition back...
edit in bold, like a typical guy I overestimated size.... 
