Do you conscientiously try to buy products made in America?

Question

Why do people complain about job loss in this country and then go shop at Wal-Mart?

Sane, right, the Chinese manufacture high quality goods. I guess Chinese workers making 50 cents an hour and thousands of jobs being lost in America doesn't seem to concern you. But I'm so glad your cappucino machine works!

Answer 1

Yes I do, I do not shop at Walmart, I do not like their business practices and how they treat their employees. I wanted to say something else too, last year I went to a Memorial Day parade, and they passed out little American flags, and there was a tag on there that said Made in Korea, and this was passed out by a person running for a political office!

Answer 2

No, I don't. I buy what suits me, and give a rah-rah when I notice the tag says Made in USA. But I feel certain products are better made elsewhere than in the US, like the beautiful hand-crafted things I get at the store which sells Ten Thousand Villages products. That's a non-profit organization that supports importing fair trade products from underdeveloped countries as an alternative to letting those people fall under their governments' thumbs in socialist countries, or under the thumbs of greedy industrialists in capitalist countries.

Some people accept a significantly lower salary than we would in the US because their cost of living is significantly less, and because the job they get making goods to be exported to the US is sufficiently better than no job at all. But I believe in free enterprise, and in small business and cottage industry, and in the people who will take the initiative to use recycled materials to make something beautiful that does not deplete the environment.

It's all about having lots of choices.

Answer 3

There are some things that cannot be manufactured in America due to the cost of labor and the relative value of the product to the American consumer. For example, when I was a kid we used to play with a toy called a "Dunkin Yo-yo". It was an extremely well crafted toy made of the finest materials and design. It cost about a dollar. You could buy cheap made in Japan yo-yo's for about 10 cents.

However, today, a yo-yo of that quality made in America would cost about $25 dollars. I don't think there are many people who will be willing to pay that much. You can still buy Dunkin-yo-yos at a reasonable cost and of good quality but they are not made here.

Inexpensive, mundane and disposable products even if manufactured in America are most likely made by machine not by hands on labor. Therefore, the issue of jobs is moot.

Then there is the issue of expensive items. For instance, Gibson guitars are of excellent quality, made in America but extremely expensive. Gibson also produces a cheaper line called Epiphone that is manufactured in China. These guitars are of the same basic design, use cheaper materials, have good quality and craftmanship and are much less expensive. The issue is this: if you have a child that wants to learn to play do you buy him a two thousand dollar Gibson or a three hundred dollar Epiphone? For most hobbiest and dabblers the Epiphone is fine. Only serious musicians really need the quality of the Gibson. If Gibson wanted to produce a three hundred dollar guitar in America it would have to be such a piece of garbage no one would buy it.

To me there is a role for foreign made products as well as a role for American made products.

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Answer 4

nicely after a protracted time of the U. S. forcing different international places to open markets,strip rules, decrease commerce obstacles, subsidies and protections if the U. S. does an identical it may no longer seem solid. this is going to bypass against commerce treaties we are signatories of. in fact we fell into our very own catch... American crap made in united statesa. keeps American (no longer chinese language or Pakistani or Bangladeshi and so on.) workers working. American companies outsource to no longer supply you a extra advantageous deal or mandatory a extra advantageous product this is to pocket, such as you nicely suggested, the super distinction between what they pay those sweatshop workers to make it and what they sell it to you for. American crap made in united statesa. however might rather be extra costly yet you're helping jobs here at domicile. American crap ought to boost this is high quality formerly each and every physique needs to purchase it returned. Like autos.

Answer 5

I try to buy American as often as I can, even if it is the most expensive option. And I am teaching my small children to do the same. My grandparents and now father are manufacturers here in the US and it is worth the effort to buy American made products.... I have seen first hand what buying American means! God Bless the US!

Answer 6

I NEVER shop at Wal Mart. I try to buy American when possible.

Answer 7

No. I'm a smart shopper. I only buy what I need and what makes sense, not just to have it to be cool or accepted. I only buy products made to a high quality standard and that will hold their value and be reliable. I don't care where it came from, but typically domestically made products fail the test. Not my problem, I'm not wasting my money on junk just to say I bought a domestic piece of junk.

Answer 8

I try to buy American products as much as I can, but most of the time I can't because my kid's want the popular stuff made overseas.

Answer 9

Yes, that is why I will not buy anything from Wal*Mart unless I can't find it anywhere else in town.

Answer 10

I try to...i remember back in the early 70's Japan named a city usa so it would look like" made in USA.".then we had to put periods after each letter..it's always something