It depends on what I am buying and what the intended purpose is for. I live in Southeast Michigan. "Motor capital of the world". I buy american vehicles because many of my neighbor's and our general economy in this area rely on it. But to someone's point the Ford Explorers that I have bought in recent years are not 100% American made. They may be "American" built but not American made.
As for the issue with Chinese products. It is very similar to the Japenese issues of the 70's and 80's. If I am buying a product that is a comodity I have no problem with Chinese for a better price. Some of the quality is as good or better, other is suspect at best. I could say the same for some of the American made products as well. We hammer the "big box" stores, one in particular, but it was good ole American Ingenuity that developed this shopping concept. It seems that Joe and Sue Public have voted with their pocket book and this concept is winning.
What I love to see is an American that figures out the marketing approach or niche to make things work for the product they developed/produced/sold. That is what drives competition. In this part of the country we have gotten in our own way for paying outlandish wages to both the blue collar and white collar workers along with health benefits that are better than almost any other industry. Then we wonder why we can't compete with what is built overseas on a per vehicle basis. "Let the responses begin" Merry Christmas to all!
