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Will Your Vote Today Impact the Fashion Industry?
By admins | November 4, 2008
It’s finally here, Election Day 2008! After 2+ years of campaigning finally a decision will be made (hanging chads aside) and we couldn’t be happier. One issue receiving much attention has been the loss of manufacturing in the US and the outsourcing of jobs overseas. While we certainly wish to “Save the Garment Center” we do not believe that mass production can or even should return to NYC. We do need better protection in our neighborhood to enable small businesses, manufacturers, fabric suppliers, sample rooms and showrooms to thrive. Regardless, New York is most certainly a blue state and will most likely be going for Obama(which we are thrilled about) so we haven’t had much campaigning here. But what about those swing states, particularly North Carolina?
North Carolina has lost a huge amount of apparel manufacturing plants and textile mills. Both candidate’s are campaigning there and pushing their “Only I’ll create more jobs” agendas. Particularly Barack Obama who said he would “press China on currency manipulation and support vigorous enforcement of buy American laws”. We can’t help to wonder how realistic the idea of bringing back the apparel manufacturing industry is. Depending on the state the United States minimum wage ranges from $6.50 an hour to $8.00. While, in say China the minimum wage ranges from .25 cents per hour to .60 cents. Could you imagine every piece of clothing costing 28 times more, how many Americans could afford that? With our economy in trouble, unemployment rising, median salaries of $38.5k, and Walmart as our #1 retailer, how realistic is it to buy “made in America” clothing anymore? So on this Election Day we’d like your opinion. Do you think textile and apparel manufacturing can or should return to the United States?
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Topics: economy, fashion industry, jobs, politics | 1 Comment » 
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