[GOP_Party_Animal]

Thanks for the post. After 5 years of diagnosing, removing and replacing various components of my Kitchen Aid dishwasher, I decided to throw it our for a new, cheap Whirlpool. After all, they are made by the same company and have almost identical internals.

What gets me is that I paid something like $900 for the Kitchen Aid, thinking I was getting a good, American-made machine. The truth is, like my new Whirlpool, they are all assembled in the U.S. but all of the working parts you depend on (circuit boards, pumps, motors) are all made overseas (most likely in China). Formerly reliable brands (like Kitchen Aid) now are loaded with imported components and break down all the time.

[central_va]

Why we need high import tariff to promote American industry.