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#205271 - 06/29/04 12:36 PM
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This is one of the lessons my Dad ingrained in me. It's getting harder and harder to find the products. What a great way to support our country.
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#205272 - 06/29/04 01:03 PM
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My boyfriend does try very hard to buy American. I on the other hand don't usually ever pay attention to that kind of stuff.
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#205274 - 06/29/04 01:24 PM
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I try to buy American. It is not always easy or affordable. I have bought all American made cars. Though most of the parts are foreign made. I plan to continue trying to buy American made.
What cars do you think are made in America? Toyota? yes... Chevy? Maybe... Oh, and many of the parts for "American" made cars are imported from the UK or Japan.
I buy American if I can find it, but frankly, it has become difficult to find American made products.
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#205275 - 06/29/04 01:26 PM
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What do you say? 
I say buy the best product for the money. All else equal, I will buy American. One caveat: I try to avoid buying products from countries ruled by oppressive regimes (such as the Chinese Communists) where the $$ goes to prop them up.
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#205277 - 06/29/04 02:52 PM
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I say buy the best product for the money. All else equal, I will buy American. One caveat: I try to avoid buying products from countries ruled by oppressive regimes (such as the Chinese Communists) where the $$ goes to prop them up.
I agree. I love America and I love being an American. I don't feel that being a good consumer is in opposition of that.
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#205278 - 06/29/04 02:57 PM
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I agree with Michael, it's very hard to find American made products. My husband refuses to buy an american car, preferring Toyota or Honda, claims American cars haven't quite made it the same level as those makers. Yet, he was OK with me buying a Ford. Hmmm. 
The Toyota vehicles you buy in the USA are MADE in the USA! I don't know about Honda.
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#205279 - 06/29/04 03:05 PM
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My Honda was made in Canada.
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#205280 - 06/29/04 03:07 PM
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Mine was assembled in Ohio.
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#205283 - 06/29/04 03:48 PM
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I graduated high school in Mid-Ohio and looking at the reunion rooster, half the graduating class works at the Honda Plant in Marysville, OH. Buy Honda and you keep food on the table for the Class of 1972! 
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#205284 - 06/29/04 03:58 PM
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I graduated high school in Mid-Ohio and looking at the reunion rooster, half the graduating class works at the Honda Plant in Marysville, OH. Buy Honda and you keep food on the table for the Class of 1972!
Where does the other half of the rooster work? The chicken coop? 
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#205285 - 06/29/04 03:59 PM
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That darned spell check.... 
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#205286 - 06/29/04 04:05 PM
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That darned spell check....
That's ok I laughed so hard everyone had to read your post here in the office when I read it. I could just picture half of a rooster showing up at a reunion... I mean we have all heard about the chicken running around with it's head cut off! 
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#205287 - 06/29/04 04:40 PM
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...I would say roughly 90% of the items were "Made in China". I was absolutely amazed! I couldn't believe that that much product was manufactured outside the USA...plus our local economy sucks.
Free trade with China is not an economic threat to the US.
A nationalist China may become a strategic threat to the US, in the future.
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#205290 - 06/30/04 01:52 AM
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After reading this thread I took a look at all the stuff on my desk. Calculator made in Japan...Tape dispenser made in Taiwan...Calendar holder made in China...most everything on my desk was made overseas. The only item made in the good old USA was the scotch tape....Something is definitely wrong here. Can you imagine if only half the stuff brought from overseas was made in the USA...what a difference that would make in our economy.
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#205291 - 06/30/04 03:32 AM
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Toyota has a big facility in Southern California - I think it's in the city of Ontario.
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#205292 - 06/30/04 11:24 AM
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Toyota also has one in western Indiana.
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#205293 - 06/30/04 01:32 PM
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Can you imagine if only half the stuff brought from overseas was made in the USA...what a difference that would make in our economy.
Yes, we couldn't afford anything, productivity would suffer, and our standard of living would plummet.
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#205294 - 06/30/04 02:12 PM
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Many items made overseas are made for a US company. It is much cheaper to manufacture elsewhere due to several factors. (Labor cost comes to mind.) The more profit that is made by a company, the better thier earnings look and the higher the market values thier stock. This can have a positive impact on your retirement.
If you are willing to pay more for goods manufactured in the US, stop buying the other stuff and write a letter or two.
I won't buy a small "American" car because I believe them to be junk. That being said, many good cars are being made in the US by companies based elsewhere.
I do look at labels. Sometimes the selection does not leave a lot of choice.
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