[Jorge]

I'm willing to pay more for something that LASTS! I'm a busy person, and I hate shopping. I'm getting tired of only having the option of cheap Chinese crap that burns out in a year or two when the good ole' American product would actually 10-15 yrs.

Same here. I'd rather buy $85 shoes that last, than pay $30 and have them fall apart in less than a year.

Only problem is foreign cars etc are getting a larger and larger share of the US market, precisely because their products are as good or superior to American products.

[TopDog2]

Most of those "foreign" cars are made right here in the USA. Even though the factories aren't unionized, they pay union equivalent wages and benefits. None of your "union thugs" straw dogs there...