[DougB]

I'm planning on being at City Fire on the 26th. I just need to know who's buying, Golfingnut or buggyone?

[TheVillageChicken]

If you want to walk the walk, better stop drinking Jim Beam...just got bought by a Japanese company.

[mulligan]

And that is precisely why I believe citizenship should be mandatory for property ownership.

[Cisco Kid]

I see Fiat is buying all Chrysler. That will mean my Jeep has been tainted.

[rubicon]

Buy America is indeed patriotic however it is also a myth for many of the reasons previously cited. In addition what works best for countries and consumers is the economies of comparative/competitive advantage. NAFTA (02) is again in the forefront. Its not international trade that is a problem it is the unnecessary interference by governments....and yes there are exceptions when it comes to certain regulations.

As a business man what would you do, go, etc to secure bigger profits?

As an aside Timberlin (E-Mege) is manufactured in China, with some parts manufactured by Starr, and assembled here just so it can boast of being American built.

In my view people are better served to do their research and buy a product based on its quality service staff, etc.

For vheilces I only buy Honda Products. some are manufactured and built here, some in Japan, some In Mexico and since 1986 the only money I had to spend was on maintenance. The day that changes is the day I look elsewhere

There are more ways to demonstrate your patriotic duty

finally I detest when politician pull that buy American crap because it is a red herring hiding the economic decisions that are doing or not doing such as dropping the corporate rate so that American companies can return some of their business back here. In other words what these politicians are saying is taxpayers are the problem because they won't buy American products shen in reality they are the problem because their self interest get in the way of sound economic solutions

[Madelaine Amee]

Great posts from both Dr. Winston O. Boogie Jr. and Rubicon! The world is flat people and there is NOTHING you can do to change that. Commerce goes beyond our borders and our country and will continue to do so.

As consumers, we should buy the BEST product we can buy whether it is made here or overseas because the only way to turn things around is for our companies to get back on top and go back to producing the best instead of trying to make their shareholders happy by making huge amounts of money for them! It all comes down to greed ..............

The point made about the light bulbs is one to think about. Did the whole world know that we were going to change to this new type of light bulb? If yes, then why didn't the American Manufacturers get their stuff together and start tooling up for it, instead of leaving it to our competitor nations to jump the gun.

Greed has taken over - very few companies spend money on R&D to keep them ahead of the game, they pay their top people outrageous amounts of money instead of using that money to better the company, if they treated their employees better they would encourage loyalty and pride in their product.

Becoming an isolationist nation producing second rate products is not going to get us back to full employment and the envy of the world. We have to be the very BEST at what we do and how we treat our people - because, your people ARE your business.

[billethkid]

I personally believe a lot of the commentary of the non USA companies make better quality products may have been true 'X' numbers of years ago. I do not believe that is the case today for a lot of GM and Ford products.

These two companies have improved substantially over the years, however the past reputation seems to still be the ongoing rationale for buying 'others'.

My last three suburbans and Tahoes have all passed 300,000 miles with needing only tires and batteries replaced. My new 2013 Tahoe quality wise is a much better vehicle all around so I get the advantage of the good and solid being that much better....eh?

[gamby]

I have a Chinese friend who was born here in America,
His T SHIRT reads !

MADE IN AMERICA

[The Buckeyes]

Originally Posted by marianne237

Sometimes it is hard not to purchase either USA made or even USA owned. DH enjoys ham...so on occasion we purchase ham slices. We went to the new Sweetbay store and since ham was on my list, obviously, I looked for it there. All their ham products are packaged Smithfield. That is now a brand owned by the Chinese. We won't buy Smithfield any longer, and Paula Deen had nothing to do with it.
We all need to be consumer smart. It's only one small product, but it's my personal protest.

Well then, don't forget not to buy Budweiser...it is owned by IMBEV (foreign).

[The Buckeyes]

Originally Posted by red tail

don't shop in bargain stores and expect high end products.its as simple as that. go to fresh market and pay more and get more!

I wasn't aware that Lay's Potato Chips ( that I recently purchased at Walmart) were made in a foreign country!!!!!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

I see Fiat is buying all Chrysler. That will mean my Jeep has been tainted.

No, it just means your Jeep will run on Chianti.

[The Buckeyes]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I think I won that bet. I am a nut about buying American. When it's available built in America, I buy it. If not, a settle for second best. Buggy, I prefer a bud light

Bud is owned by Imbev which is a foreign company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by marianne237

Sometimes it is hard not to purchase either USA made or even USA owned. DH enjoys ham...so on occasion we purchase ham slices. We went to the new Sweetbay store and since ham was on my list, obviously, I looked for it there. All their ham products are packaged Smithfield. That is now a brand owned by the Chinese. We won't buy Smithfield any longer, and Paula Deen had nothing to do with it.
We all need to be consumer smart. It's only one small product, but it's my personal protest.

Smithfield ham is still a product that is grown, processed and packaged and distributed and sold by american employees. Your problem with them is what?

Also those that worry about U.S. dollars leaving this country should be aware that annually over $120 billion USD is sent by immigrants to their families in their home countries (according to a World Bank report). That is money that is presumably earned here but is being sucked out of our economy. At least most of the dollar value of imported products and/or foreign owned but U.S. manufactured products stays in this country if the ultimate customer is also in this country.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

Smithfield ham is still a product that is grown, processed and packaged and distributed and sold by american employees. Your problem with them is what?

See, that's the thing. By trying to stick to the idea of only buying made in America products, you can be unwittingly hurting your own fellow citizens.

Do you think that the company that bought Jim Beam is going to come in and replace all the American employees with people from Japan? What about all the Americans employed by Budweiser? Toyota? Honda?

[The Buckeyes]

I had a 2008 Chevy HHR...it was made in Mexico, my 2010 Chevy Camaro was made in Canada and, my 2012 Honda was made in Marysville, Ohio by Americans.