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Another thought: Some talked about Chinese companies buying American companies. Wrong emphasis, IMHO.

American stockholders sold their company to the Chinese. We have become shortsighted, not statesmen but politicians, not empire builders but second quarter earnings builders.

This is a great country, no doubt. No doubt we need less government not more. But we also need people of vision, looking not for the next quick profit, but for building a future.

We live in a global economy. If you're talking about isolationism, I'm not for that, because it won't work.

Yes, I would buy a true American made product if the quality/price was comparable. Would I go out of my way to buy "American"? Unfortunately "no".

Problem is not much is really "made in America". We lost our competitive edge in raw materials, sub-assemblies are made overseas or in Mexico and then assembled into the final product here. Fords and Chevy cars are American marks but are not more American made than Toyota's assembled in the US.

It's a blurred world. It's hard to buy things these days that can be fixed "with WD40 and a Crescent wrench" as the song "Made in America" says.