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Originally Posted by Aces4
Yeah, ain't it nice for the plumber's bottom line! But what Americans don't understand is while 're they paying a little less for their plumbing, they are shelling out huge money in health care, food stamps, housing subsides, etc. because many people aren't making a decent wage in America. You'll pay the piper one way or the other and either be propping up this country or the other one.
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I couldn't agree more. I have always chosen Made in the U.S.A. when available. In college Econ we talked about the 'Ripple Effect' of making things here and paying U.S. workers for their labor. Every dollar earned is spent repeatedly locally, where the worker buys groceries, goods or gas which supports a local business that also hires local workers who have the same effect when they spend their earnings, etc., etc., etc. For foreign made goods sold here has a ripple of say 3X, the locally manufactured product sold has like a 12-15X multiplier. The aforementioned plumbing example does not take any of this into consideration.