“Of course, aside from little dolls and trinkets and stuff by the Ma & Pa outfits...we may have a corner on the market there...”
Your disdain for American made products is sadly very typical of lefties and apple lovers.
Your disdain for American made products is sadly very typical of lefties and apple lovers.
Hey, that disdain for American products came about a long time before I became a paying consumer, and I'll guarantee you, I had no part in it. I was swamped by the tsunami of non-American products by the time I started buying for myself.
And in addition, you've got FReepers here, who (as I said) will absolutely never buy American-made products in which the higher wages go into the American workers pockets (God-forbid that, doncha know... LOL...), if those higher wages were secured by unions.
Now, you take those things all together and all the grousing and whining you want to do about it is about as good as "tilting at windmills"... LOL...
Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means attacking imaginary enemies, or fighting unwinnable or futile battles.
But, by all means, have fun doing your "tilting" as it's good entertainment, if nothing else... :-)
BUT, to add to that, don't forget those who also (here on Free Republic) maintain that it's a company's right under capitalism to go wherever the materials and labor is cheaper -- and that definitely "ain't here" for sure... I mean, you can't detract from capitalism and free enterprise, because that's what made this country great -- doncha know...
And we would not want to interfere with capitalism and free enterprise, because that's the devil's work to interfere with that and/or put any government regulations in place that would limit it in any way with any company. We wouldn't be "America" any more if we did that, again, doncha know... :-)
I'll sit over on the sidelines, get some popcorn and watch the free-traders and capitilists argue it out with you... this ought to be fun... LOL...