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

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

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.

Not so much. I go for the best value.

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.

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

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).

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

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.

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

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.