thats why i buy OLD fords.. they are american! the new junk is just a toyota with ford emblems.


ray

 

yes i do.

clothes: Dickeys or carharts, made in America, the most unAmerican thing im wearing right now are my shirt (costa rica) and my shoes (Canada)

electronics: im in the market for a CB, the one ima get here soon is made in Texas

Vehicles: 1990 FORD. when it was new there was a japanese made part on it, the oil pump, which promptly failed at 70,000 miles and blew the engine, naturally, the new engine was installed with American made version.

I take this very seriously, i do everything i can to support our nations economy

 

You won't get that reply because that's pretty much no longer possible.

And the outcry was the cheering over the first container ships and ports, NAFTA, etc. Our government has gone to great lengths to tell us what's falling on us is rain when it clearly is not.
But hey, humanitarian groups can be happy to know we are helping out these poor impoverished countries.
So, while I watch container cranes made in China offloading more containers of crap made in China, I have to wonder what the final cost really is for this cheap stuff. I especially wonder when I am between jobs trying to figure out how I will feed my family and keep a roof over their heads.

 

Im not nearly as smart as some of the other guys on here but this is what i think.

Were too damn lazy. Im just as guilty as anyone else. I just dont think its that big of a deal. I havent noticed how its affected me at all. Until the day where everytime i buy something it breaks, im not gonna do anything about it. Probably 80% of the stuff in my house is made in china, i really have no idea nor do i care as long as it works. Call me what you want, but thats what i feel most of the US citizens are like. There are certain things about this country that i see need some work and need to be changed. However this is not one of them. There are much bigger issues at hand. Like what was that one thing? It was going on somewhere overseas? I forgot what it was cause, you know, paris hiltons been up to no good.

 

Oops! Please delete!

 

I am kinda reminded of reading "The Human Jungle" by Upton Sinclair who wrote about all the scams and cheap products produced by the Meat Industry at the beginning of the 20th Century. Milk that was largely chalk and water. Meat that was adulterated to the extreme and work conditions extraodinaire. As a Socialist, he hoped this would cause a revolution but what it caused were a clean up and stricter controls.

In 19th Century, there were alot of American products being sent over to Europe and it was "Caveate Emptor". Largely due to fast and furious cut throat capitalism by individuals and companies with very little oversight by the Federal government. If there were any, the rules were largely ignored them. "American products" were looked upon with much the same as the present Chinese products being withdrawn.

Might want to read this Boston Globe article: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ide...aws/?page=full

I am not saying it's a case of the kettle calling the pot black, we have come along ways from those times. But then, early industrial Britain and Russia after Glastnost/breakup in the 90s......

The Chinese government might like to present itself as a monolith, but the Chinese either ignore or get around any regs handed down by Beijing.

However, I agree to "buy American" or at least buy better products is best.

 

Unintentional double post Please delete
.

 

As a business owner I can tell you that American wages are not the only thing making American goods more expensive.
Government regulations in every aspect of business make producing goods in America more expensive. OSHA regulations, Banking/Finance rules controlling what who banks can loan money to only to create a governement agency to loan to those that they just made it impossible for banks to loan to. Environmental regulations, health department regulations taxes for everything from unemployment insurance to workers comp, to etc.

 

That does it!

I'm making my own "STUFF" from now on!

 

Are the Canadian and American People ready to live in A SERVICE INDUSTRY ONLY country ?

Cause that's where they are headed

 

I recently went shopping for work boots. I found a pair of Red Wings and a comperable pair of Carharts. The Red Wings were about $60 more than the Carharts. I asked the store owner why. He told me the the Red Wings were made in Minnisota, USA, the Carharts, assebled in China. I walked out with a brand new pair of Red Wings happily tucked under my arm. I couldn't find any toilet repair parts made in the USA, though.

 

what ever you do dont buy them columbia boots, they are total crap, i dont care where they are made...

Ray