[1rudeboy]

So if you buy a toothbrush, pen, greeting card, baseball cap or pennant at a ball game, lawn sprinkler, air filter for your car, dvd etc you check to make sure it was not made in China?

1. toothbrush--made in U.S.A. (G-U-M)(bought it last week),
2. pen--made in U.S.A. (Cross)(haven't bought one for a while),
3. greeting card--make my own,
4. baseball cap--made in U.S.A. (New Era)(bought it years ago),
5. pennant--don't buy them they're gay,
6. lawn sprinkler--don't have one,
7. air filter--not from China (last time I checked), and
8. DVD--don't buy them.

I shop for U.S. products and take pleasure in buying them over overs. I buy imports by choice, not because someone has a gun to my head or because I'm too lazy to walk out of the store empty-handed. You are free to make the argument (as you are making, and hedgetrimmer had to be prodded to do so), that the wool in my baseball cap was imported "unfairly" from Peru duty-free under Reagan's CBI. I will proceed to make the argument that that precisely is the reason we need a FTA with Peru. The usual suspects will then twist themselves into knots explaining what the word "fair" means.

Now, if you wish to discuss industrial chemicals (an industry in the U.S. that is humming right along, but complaining about energy costs) that's ok also. So let's look up the tariff-rate on polymolyalidocious and go from there.

[1rudeboy]

overs = others

[Toddsterpatriot]

Hedge whines about free traders making the Commies into billionaires, but she buys more of their products than you do. LOL!

[hedgetrimmer]

So you haven't bought anything but a toothbrush in years?

No clothing, food, automobiles or automobile repair and maintenance parts,no furniture, no kitchen goods or appliances, no lights, flashlights or lightbulbs.

You've never eaten shrimp, catfish, garlic, apple juice from concentrate, honey, codfish, bread,candy or cocoa butter?

You do spend a lot of time on your computer on this forum. That's probably a good thing, because if you went out, all you'd be wearing is a ball cap and carrying a toothbrush with no toothpaste! LOL