How important is it to you that your belongings are Made in American?

CH (MAJ) William Beaver — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:52:04 -0400

Do you look for the 'Made in America' tag? How important - or not, is it to you? What do the belongings in your home reveal in their manufacturing tags?

Response by Sgt Daniel Albrecht made Jul 15 at 2015 9:56 PM

Sgt Daniel Albrecht — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:56:11 -0400

It is not that important to me. The U.S. produces a lot of high end equipment that I don't need(or could afford). But I do like buying local for food. I know where it was grown and who grew it.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Jul 15 at 2015 10:00 PM

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:00:43 -0400

You could starve to death trying to find one of those in WallyWorld...

Response by SPC George Rudenko made Jul 15 at 2015 10:03 PM

SPC George Rudenko — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:03:16 -0400

Great post! I used to work in customs and border protection. In the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, $1 billion of foreign in freight came in every day. Sometime people decided they wanted cheap, not made in the USA.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jul 15 at 2015 10:45 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:45:58 -0400

I look for quality and value and those have long been missing from products made in America. However, there is a glow, maybe a light at the end of the tunnel. Ford, which eschewed the political interference of government bailouts has been looking much more appealing to me of late. And, as American energy resources are being developed, especially natural gas, cheap and plentiful energy supplies are offsetting the cheap labor that other nations have employed to compete with American manufacturers. Thus, I expect to see more and more "Made in America" labels appearing on the shelves (and I'll be happy to purchase them).

Response by MAJ(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 15 at 2015 11:08 PM

MAJ(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:08:59 -0400

I generally don't take country of origin into account on purchases.

Response by COL Charles Williams made Jul 16 at 2015 1:38 AM

COL Charles Williams — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 01:38:47 -0400

Good question... But cars a good example... I drive a Toyota Truck... in Missouri... which was made in Princeton IN... and the Chevy, Ford, and Dodge crowds think I am a communist... I believe many supposed US trucks are now built in Canada or Mexico. To me quality and value trump all else.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/top-10/top-8-most-american-trucks-for-2014.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sequoia

Top 8

To help shoppers who want to buy American, Edmunds has compiled a list of the 2014 trucks with the highest percentage of U.S./Canadian content.

Response by SFC Joseph James made Jul 16 at 2015 1:57 AM

SFC Joseph James — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 01:57:08 -0400

I don't understand why we allow so much cheap stuff from China. I'm pretty sure everything was made in China! Lol. I'm 100% for US made products by the way.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 16 at 2015 2:28 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 02:28:46 -0400

Not so much. I go for the best value.

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Jul 16 at 2015 6:53 AM

SCPO David Lockwood — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 06:53:37 -0400

It's all about economics. The more we buy things the more jobs we create the more people are being paid the more money flowing back into the local economy. The more people who have jobs the less money the government will have to pay out in welfare which means lowering government spending. So to answer the question it is very important for me to buy things made in America.

Response by LTC James Bozeman made Jul 16 at 2015 7:18 AM

LTC James Bozeman — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:18:42 -0400

Funny I found this post. Right now we have been evaluating small SUVs for purchase. I look for overall quality in a product. I would love to simply buy American and support American businesses - but when the product is not as well made, costs more, and has poor product reliability I am less inclined to support a total "Buy American" attitude. The other thing that I have found is that the world is so interconnected that many of the things that may be made in America actually have parts produced elsewhere and shipped here for assembly.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2015 7:40 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:40:05 -0400

None, since most likely they were made somewhere else and then assembled in some plant in the USA. Or maybe the only part that was made in the USA was the tag that says so