Is nothing made in America anymore?

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  1. CK5

    CK5 WhooHoo! Administrator Moderator

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    Everything I pickup is made in China, is nothing made in America anymore? :doah: :stir: :popcorn:
     
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    Very little... I actually finally caved in and now refuse to shop at Wal-Mart because all they sell is Chinese manufactured garbage. When the lowest price is your highest priority no good can come of your actions. I'd rather spend a little more and buy something that will last more than 3 days from a place that appreciates my business.

    But then, I'm kind of wierd. :doah:
     
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    All three of my kids were made in America. Woowoo! waytogo
     
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    Yeah, I went to home Depot today to get a level and let my 4 year old get one of those .99 cent tape measure key chains, didn't notice until I got home when I went to take the tag off - "Made in China". :doah:
     
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    waytogo But can you mass produce them? rotfl
     
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    rotfl :stir: :popcorn: :eek:
     
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    My Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram, and Polaris snowmobile are were all made in America. :D
     
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    I guess I mean more of the smaller things that people buy everyday, like toys for kids, silverware, furniture etc..
     
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    Yes, yes he can. rotfl
     
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    Might want to rethink your Dodge statement. The Chrysler plant in Saltillo, Mexico was the assembly plant for Ram pickups until 2002(yes, that means yours). Now its a pot shot, you could get one built in St. Louis, Missouri; Warren, Michicagan; or Saltillo, Mexico. Body pannels, interior pannels and other stamped pieces are still being stamped out in Mexico, though. And if you had a gasser, the motor would have been built there too. Dodge has been building stuff in Canada and mexico pretty much since they started, our old 3/4 ton vans came from Canada.
     
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    Yup I hate that too.
    I really try to stick with made in the USA.
    ALL my trailer stuff is made in the USA, the ratchet-straps I just ordered, Jordan BC, Reese Straight-line & 2.5 Titan and lastly my PJ Trailer. I only hope that all the hardware they use on the trailer is also Made in the U.S.A. waytogo

    Estamom has his sig set too "Be American, Buy American" waytogo waytogo
     
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    Glad you brought that up, some were made in Mexico and some were made here in the states. I got lucky.
     
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    They're all within 3 years of each other, so... yes. :D
     
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    I own the only quads made in america. Cannondale baby, handmade in Pennsylvania.

    Too bad they went bankrupt. :doah:
     
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    Far as I know my Polaris Xplorer 400 ATV and both my 800cc Polaris Vertical Escape and 700 Vertical Escape sleds were made in America also. waytogo
     

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