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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Consumers are not willing to pay more for "Made in the US". The US has fewer than 400 million people and how many would like to work on an assembly line? Components are being made in Asia already -- by Asian manufacturers. Manufacturers don't have any choice but to locate their factories elsewhere. Besides, what is wrong with lifting 3rd world countries out of poverty through investments? Many American companies don't want the hassle of manufacturing and rather outsource.
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US consumers will actually pay more for products made in the US. Just a couple months ago I was pleasantly surprised to see many US-made options when shopping for carseats. I didn't see that a couple years ago. And companies like Edelbrock and Weathertech proudly advertise the fact they still manufacture in the US and are able to charge a premium because of it. I expect a big campaign when Motorola starts selling the US-assembled X-Phone.
And if you can't see what's wrong with taking jobs that used to be able to support a family and shipping them overseas to factories paying slave labor rates in countries with long records of human rights abuses, well, that should have been obvious.
What frustrates me the most is how difficult it has become to even find quality products anymore. Everything is turning into disposable junk. Often, very expensive disposable junk.