What happened to Made in America?

[BigFish]

In fairness, its difficult to adhere to a strict "Buy American" attitude as everything that is available no longer is strict "American". You want the best for your hard earned dollar these days and unfortunately the quality of say a Sony is head and shoulders better than a Zenith for instance!! It is what it is and it may take decades to reverse the trend that corporate America and "world politics" has created.

[likwid]

I'd bet money plug parts aren't coming where you think they're coming from.

[BigFish]

Good example Likwid......VMC hooks! Everyone uses them as they are considered the best but they are made in France!

[Raven]

about the richest countries pledging to help the world economy rebound
but at the same time their crying foul and protectionism is unfair

almost as if.... we'll help you out....but you can't touch the trade agreements... they're off limits..

and here we are on this thread all saying "hardly anything is being manufactured in America anymore" ... scratchin our heads


the bottom line was :

quote: The question is no more to convince the governments to move today, but for them to implement the policies they need to manage," Strauss-Kahn said. He also warned of the dangers of protectionism, which he said may still come "through the back door, especially in the financial sector."

thinking about all the trillions of dollars we've given to foreign countries over the last 50+ years
and then we have to take that crap...is so totally disgusting~ !