Originally Posted by Ron750

Unfortunately you are right. Just came from Staples. Bought 3 items, one from China, Vietnam, Mexico. None were available from USA. A dry erase pen was $4. You telling me USA can't make a dry erase pen for that money? I am a conservative, but corporations are greedy, and don't give a crap if it's a Chinaman or an American buying their product. We are going down the toilet with the Republicrats.

Originally Posted by pargenz

The sheep in this country created that by demanding the lowest prices. Think about that next time you're standing in line at Walmart.

Admittedly, that's over-simplified, but it's part of the conundrum. We also want the highest wages, which doesn't help in competing with outsourced manufacturing. Not to mention that a good number of Americans are employed in ancillary businesses.

Actually, if you look we still make some stuff. It adds time to the shopping trip, but read the labels. I was surprised by how many name-brand products were imported, and how many generic or store-labeled products were domestic.