2016 Postmortem
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(20,709 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Thanks, Brooklynite.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)A clear and common practice.
Why do you hate America, Donald?
What's wrong with choosing us, choosing here, Donald?
Another great ad from Team Hillary!
bucolic_frolic
(42,655 posts)Where can I buy one?
I am all in!! What a brave patriot!
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)Trump is going to direct a mean tweet at the guy now.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)Festivito
(13,452 posts)Renew Deal
(81,801 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)But then, getting orders from him is no picnic and you are likely to get strung along about being paid!
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)I think the guy dodged a bullet on this one. People who work for Trump have a bad habit of ending up out of business due to his bad habit of not paying anyone.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,296 posts)What do you have to say now, Trump?
You can't make America great by offshoring her jobs.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)They say a lot in a short time. Very nice
colorado_ufo
(5,715 posts)Tremendous work by her campaign team.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Indydem
(2,642 posts)A long- sleeve dress shirt from New England Shirt Company retails online at about $100-110.
It looks like a Trump shirt new, was about $30-50, though I can't find anything current because it looks like no one is carrying his products any longer.
People don't want to pay $100 for a shirt, hell, they don't want to pay $50 for a shirt. Only a certain segment of the population gets $100 shirts and it isn't the working class.
Scruffy1
(3,239 posts)Besides which, I would like to see an ad that does something besides knocking Trump. It's all too easy to attack Trump and avoid policy. Maybe after Labor Day.
niyad
(112,424 posts)riversedge
(69,708 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)volstork
(5,393 posts)Part of the problem is that we as Americans have been "trained' over the last 40 years to accept a throwaway economy. If you buy a $100 shirt, it may last 10 or more years; if you buy a $40 shirt, it may fall apart in 2-3 years, so you will buy 4-5 shirts at $40/shirt over the time a $100 shirt would last.
The same is true of most consumer goods sold today. I have a 25-year-old HVAC system that is still going strong. A newly-purchased one is expected to last 8 years or so.
People have been conditioned to look for "cheap' as their number one selling point, and many (if not most) don't realize that you end up paying more by buying shoddy (cheap in all senses of the word) goods that don't last and having to replace them over and over.
Just another aspect of the dumbing-down of America...
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)LuckyLib
(6,814 posts)Lots of cheap (and cheaply made) clothing, low prices, but who cares? You're throwing it away after awhile anyway. An entire generation has grown up looking for heaps of cheap stuff. The retail mark-up on even cheap clothing is astronomical.
WillyBrandt
(3,892 posts)I'm with you - a $100+ shirt pays for itself. It's worth replacing the buttons, and can look better as it get worn. Good things age well. And you can feel like a human being in them.
You what a cheap Donald Trump shirt looks like? A cheap shirt. They had them at Macy's and looked awful.
If a person can only afford a $30 shirt, that's unfortunate, but I understand. But mindlessly going cheap is usually a bad move, both in terms of money and quality.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)riversedge
(69,708 posts)a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time and does employ some folks. Quality matters --for those who can afford it and obviously some do. Besides, Made in America and hypocrisy of Trump are the broader issues.
Beaverhausen
(24,466 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)their shirts rip quickly usually at the elbows. Even if they use nice material, their quality of stitching is very mediocre
Many expensive shirt makers sell complete garbage at high prices. I'd be interested in checking out this made in america brand to see if they are better quality. It would totally be worth it if they have good stitching that lasts a long time.
Tumbulu
(6,267 posts)And still do cost if you do not employ slave labor, etc.
I just wore out a shirt that I bought in 1985 - I paid $65 for it at the time. It sure lasted a long time.
Disposable "fast fashion" is not sustainable, and is dependent upon the exploitation of workers and trashing of the environment.
I think that it is an excellent ad, as he talks all about making things in the USA, but he does not make any of his products here.
I think that the real issues are that workers wages have not risen appropriately, or in tandem with, worker productivity.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)And they don't have to use lies. What a concept!
Lrobby99
(33 posts)Feck off, Trump!
riversedge
(69,708 posts)FSogol
(45,355 posts)Gothmog
(143,998 posts)mcar
(42,206 posts)TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)push running while Trump is saying "What have you got to lose?" over and over again.
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)oasis
(49,150 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)keep em comin
NBachers
(16,998 posts)Chimichurri
(2,911 posts)ffr
(22,644 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Heavy rotation!
Stubborn
(116 posts)I prefer her ads where she uses video of Trump, like the Letterman ad. I think they are a lot more powerful.