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In reply to the discussion: What Are Your Favorite "Made in the U.S.A." Products? [View all]FreeJoe
(1,039 posts)Most of the food I eat. My Allen Edmonds shoes. My Big Agnes tent. The movies I watch. The computer software I use. Most of the video games I play. Most of the planes I fly on. Most of the books I read. The plants we buy. My Coleman cooler. My Honda Odyssey. The natural gas cooking my breakfast. The bacon and eggs being cooked.
To be honest, I'm not nearly as particular as most people on this board about country of origin. We have a global economy and it isn't really easy to pick out a country for a product anymore. The corporate ownership is global. The designs and engineering could come from anywhere. The parts could come from one country and be assembled in another. Yet another could handle the distribution. Another does the marketing. Another does the retailing. Aside from the global nature of our supply chain, I accept the fact that foreign workers need to eat as well. While standards of living in the US have regrettably stagnated for many during the last decade, they've skyrocketed in the worlds two largest countries.