[ArrogantBustard]

I don’t have any objection to buying stuff that was made in countries that are more-or-less friendly to us, and in some cases the quality may be better than USA made. I recently needed a portable table saw; when I went shopping the winner was made in Germany. Swedish or Finnish scissors would be just fine. Red China is not fine, either on “friendliness” grounds or “quality” grounds.

[jboot]

I buy from almost all countries, although I prefer to buy American. When my Corona shears break (hopefully never) I will replace them with Fiskars. A German table saw (Bosch?) would beat all. I used have a Bosch biscuit joiner that I wouldn't have traded for anything, but some day laborers working across the street decided they needed it more than I did. (Along with most of my other power tools...they raided my garage in broad daylight. Oddly enough, they left a case full of Snap-On and Matco hand tools that was worth 10X what the power tools were.)

The insurance company replaced my Bosch with a Craftsman joiner "assembled in USA" (from Chinese parts, no doubt). It was trash compared to my old one. I used it once and sold it on eBay.