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<blockquote data-quote="JaredC" data-source="post: 1650842" data-attributes="member: 20312"><p>Assembled being the key word. I would bet most of those parts used to "assemble" your car were made else where.</p><p></p><p>Its funny, America prides itself on being a Free Market economy, but when people use that freedom to buy more competitively priced products that are made elsewhere, people ***** and moan.</p><p></p><p>Want me to buy American? Price it competitively. Simple as that. Im a plumber, and cant remember the last time I bought US made iron pipe for gas jobs. Its about 2x the price per foot. I use American made pipe, I either make less money on a job or simply dont get the bid because Im higher than the other guy using foreign pipe. So put it simply, I buy American, sure I support an American worker in a factory somewhere who is probably over paid and before too long Im the one out of work. Sure the US pipe is easier on my dies when threading, but the difference isnt enough to make my dies last longer. </p><p></p><p>The quality on alot of foreign vs. domestic is minimal if there is a difference at all. Look at Winchester for example. There is a huge difference in the pre 1964 model rifles and the post. Both are made in the US, or at least were, but when they switched to an automated plant type of assembly quality suffered. However the price at the time was no different. Point is quality has nothing to do with where it was made, it is only based on the quality standards the company selling the product demands.</p><p></p><p>I would venture to say its impossible for someone to buy 100% American made in today's world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JaredC, post: 1650842, member: 20312"] Assembled being the key word. I would bet most of those parts used to "assemble" your car were made else where. Its funny, America prides itself on being a Free Market economy, but when people use that freedom to buy more competitively priced products that are made elsewhere, people ***** and moan. Want me to buy American? Price it competitively. Simple as that. Im a plumber, and cant remember the last time I bought US made iron pipe for gas jobs. Its about 2x the price per foot. I use American made pipe, I either make less money on a job or simply dont get the bid because Im higher than the other guy using foreign pipe. So put it simply, I buy American, sure I support an American worker in a factory somewhere who is probably over paid and before too long Im the one out of work. Sure the US pipe is easier on my dies when threading, but the difference isnt enough to make my dies last longer. The quality on alot of foreign vs. domestic is minimal if there is a difference at all. Look at Winchester for example. There is a huge difference in the pre 1964 model rifles and the post. Both are made in the US, or at least were, but when they switched to an automated plant type of assembly quality suffered. However the price at the time was no different. Point is quality has nothing to do with where it was made, it is only based on the quality standards the company selling the product demands. I would venture to say its impossible for someone to buy 100% American made in today's world. [/QUOTE]
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