Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net  The American consumer makes for a very interesting mammal along with their very short term memory.  When 18 workers at Foxconn in China began jumping off roofs or out windows to ensure that their families would have a secure financial future people here reacted with such indignation, that 27 million IPhones were bought.  After all, Apple promised they would look into working conditions at Foxconn and everyone was happy again.  Two years later, an estimated 2000 Foxconn employees, who earn an average of $283.00 (1800 Renminbi) a month rioted and the public reacted by buying 5 million IPhone 5s in a weekend.