While it is true that almost nothing is 100% American made, if you stick with an product made as much in American made as possible, owned by an American company, most of the profits at least stay here.
At the very least, I try not to buy too much from countries that seem hostile to the US. Again, in this day & age, it is hard to do, but I at least try.
Farmr

 

geez..
I must be missing something here.. while I would prefer to buy american, sometimes the choices are just not there, & in a global economy, it really dosen't mean what you think it should..

American companies are moving the manufacturing facilities out of the usa, & keeping the corporate offices in the states..reasons are TAX LAWS, labor rates, land & capital outlays...

The Non American Companies are building assembly plants in the USA to better market their products, & avoid import tarrifs..Mercedes in ALA, Kawasaki in Nebraska, Honda in the Usa, etc..

about 30% or more of a american made product is made out of imported parts..so the picture gets blurry...

I have a Husky chainsaw, becuase it performs better than a USA model..I have a Homelite blower, but it has a Japaneese motor in it..I have a Chevy Truck, Ford truck, but some of the electronics are Japaneese or canadian, or assembled in mexico.. I have 2 Yamaha Bikes..they were a better value & warranty, better engineering than the US models..(IMHO) so in a global market place, the consumer wins..I won't settle for less performance, more $$, etc just to say I bought american.. I WILL buy american if they do their homework & make a better product with equal features for the same or a little more $$.. Some of the american products are more costly here in the usa becuase they are made for export..

OK..I'm done for this Now..no more oil questions either..or politics..I'm going for a ride now..

 

I am sorry for that character in the little fiction story who could not find an American job. But we all make our own destiny. I went to college and got smart; or at least I believe in my own mind that I got smart. I make good money but own a Japanese vehicle. I got burned once on American and my Toyota goes and goes. Selfishly, it saves me money. I did recently buy a Ford Expedition though so I am giving American-made vehicles a chance.

God I love America and I was a true patriot before the 9/11 incident. But that did not change my mind to buy a rice burning ATV. So far it has been bulletproof with reliability. Hope it stays that way.

Daryn

 

From the news today;

If you deny the Pentagon the best product available because it's foreign-made, you undermine American interests. Given that more and more products are global, made of parts manufactured throughout the world, the difference between a foreign-made and domestic product is shrinking by the day.

When the Army decides on a new battlefield cargo-transport plane this summer, it will be choosing between an Italian and a Spanish aircraft because no one in the U.S. makes what the Army wants. (it does have our Propellers on it though - which is good for me)

Industry officials say the aerospace industry is particularly globalized because manufacturers buy parts from around the world. The cargo-transport deal "may be more typical of the future than it is of the past," says president of EADS North America, the U.S. subsidiary of a French-German concern that wants to sell the Air Force refueling tankers.

That's simply the world as we find it today. It's neither good nor bad, it just is -- and [we] have to wake up to that fact. Globalization and national security can be reconciled. Trade-offs will always have to be made, and nothing will be perfect. But nativism is worse. The sooner Congress and the export-control bureaucracy see that, the better off we all will be.