what is an advantage of only buying items made in the USA?

Answer 1

The money you spend for the product stays in the USA and supports AMERICAN workers and their families. It strengthens OUR economy and lessens our dependence on foreign made commodities.

Answer 2

I don't think there is an inherent advantage. You should buy the product you think is the best deal, and include the cost of indulging your preferences.

Look at the quality of the item.
Look at the asking price.
Consider your preferences and determine for what price you would be willing to indulge them.

Add up all the costs. If you feel you are better off by making the transaction, buy it!

If another country can produce a good more cheaply, it makes sense for the U.S. to make something else, for which it has a competitive advantage. Jobs disappear from some sectors and reappear in others. Change is an inevitable part of life.

Answer 3

There aren't hardly any products that are 100% American made. For example, automobiles.... Even Ford, GM, or Chryslers are made of parts manufactured all over the world - including China, India, Japan, etc. On the flip side, what is typically considered Japanese cars are also made out of parts from all over the world.

We are coming to a point where we can't buy products made entirely in the USA.

What we really need is not depend on people's patriatism to promote our products. What we need is to have a product with superior quality that will speak for themselves.

Personally, I make my purchasing decisions based on quality and quality alone. It may cost more at the beginning but in the long run, it will save me money by outlasting and outperforming cheap products.

The DISADVANTAGE of buying only American products (just because it is made here) is sending a signal to them that their current effort for quality is sufficient - which it is not.

Answer 4

We could go barefoot, and sleep on hay on the floor, and our cars would be made of corncobs. Its a whole new world.
God help us if we ever need to produce steel for a new war, we would have to open mills that have been closed for 30 years. Thank those wonderful people who gave your jobs away so corporate profits could be even fatter, all hail the corporate golden parachute. At least I would, but the silk isn't produced here either.

Answer 5

A lot.

If you stay away from things bought in China, you are not helping them economically. The Chinese have funded our terrorist enemies. The Iranians have weapons made by the Chinese.

You can apply this to oil. Who are the big oil producers? Iran, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia. These guys are all our enemies. Saudi Arabia funds terrorism.

Answer 6

Are there items still being are made in the USA?

Answer 7

supporting your own economy.

eg: in oz, most educated Australians are no longer buying American imports or shopping at any American chains. By using the silent protest methods of not supporting anything American, the end result will be no need to import them, and the American owned companies will close or be bought out by Australian companies, eventually bringing Australia back to the self sufficient country (that it truly is).

its the strongest way of supporting your own country

Answer 8

i dint think there are any advantages beside you are already hear and the shipping is cheaper but there is all kinds a things you can get elsewhere for a lot better prices.

Answer 9

A LOT
I'd post my reasons but theyre pretty similar to the ones stated above

Answer 10

It means we buy from our own manufacturers which employ Americans. Buying American would give us more jobs. However, merchandise would cost more. Instead, we buy from factories which employ cheap labor -- Honduras, Malaysia, China, etc, to keep our costs down.