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<blockquote data-quote="farmwriter" data-source="post: 734499" data-attributes="member: 10309"><p>If something really is a cheap piece of junk, but the company stays in business, that means there is a market for that 'cheap piece of junk.' If an all-American company makes a high-quality product with well-paid employees and can stay afloat, that means there's a market for that product, too.</p><p></p><p>"Buy American" is not too different from elitist ideals like "Buy Organic" or "Buy Humane Foods". Truth is, tons of people can't afford eggs at $8 a dozen, and they are happy with their $2 eggs. People who want to buy $8 eggs shouldn't scoff at those who don't or can't. A free market means choices, and we all get to make those choices, not just people who can afford expensive goods - foreign or domestic. </p><p></p><p>That being said, people deserve the right to make informed choices, but rarely do so, even when it is possible, which is also complicated. </p><p></p><p>Made in America - of imported or domestic materials? By strictly natural-born or naturalized citizens or legal immigrants? Union or non-union emplyees? Did the manufacturing facility cause local government to force people off their family farm to build a new facility that would attract a business that would generate more tax revenue? I could go on and on. </p><p></p><p>Like most things, there's a lot more to it than a slogan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmwriter, post: 734499, member: 10309"] If something really is a cheap piece of junk, but the company stays in business, that means there is a market for that 'cheap piece of junk.' If an all-American company makes a high-quality product with well-paid employees and can stay afloat, that means there's a market for that product, too. "Buy American" is not too different from elitist ideals like "Buy Organic" or "Buy Humane Foods". Truth is, tons of people can't afford eggs at $8 a dozen, and they are happy with their $2 eggs. People who want to buy $8 eggs shouldn't scoff at those who don't or can't. A free market means choices, and we all get to make those choices, not just people who can afford expensive goods - foreign or domestic. That being said, people deserve the right to make informed choices, but rarely do so, even when it is possible, which is also complicated. Made in America - of imported or domestic materials? By strictly natural-born or naturalized citizens or legal immigrants? Union or non-union emplyees? Did the manufacturing facility cause local government to force people off their family farm to build a new facility that would attract a business that would generate more tax revenue? I could go on and on. Like most things, there's a lot more to it than a slogan. [/QUOTE]
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