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Re: Is anything still made in the USA???
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Posted by BB on January 26, 2005 at 10:14:12 from (65.216.31.130):
In Reply to: Is anything still made in the USA??? posted by JD Freak on January 26, 2005 at 07:12:12:
For everyone complaining about imports, I would only ask that you take an inventory of yourselves. Look at the label on your clothes, your shoes. Check you home furnishings, appliances, bedding, etc. Check all you tools, both hand and power. Check all else you own. Now how many of you can truly say you only buy American? I doubt there is one in a thousand. The importers are not the problem. The problem is that people want the lowest price they can find and that is what they will buy. And then they will complain about it being imported. And the salaries, perks, restrictions, requirements, regulations, etc. forced on the American manufacturers puts most of them out as far as competing with the imports on a price basis. As someone said, look in the mirror. No one wants to admit it but we are the problem.
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