I know some hard core protectionist such as my brother in law who is a electrician. However even he buys goods made in China. We were doing an addition to my house and we went to Lowes to get some materials. Did he or I look at every single item and look for the made in China label?
No. We wanted to get a 6 hour job done and not look at labels for 2 hours.
We both try to buy Made in America products as much as possible but we also have a life and realize we cannot spend precious hours of each day comparing labels.
If you have truly only bought 2-3 items made in China since 1989, and you remember what they were, which I really doubt, you need hardcore professional pschyiatric help. There is a serious mental illness involved.
I shop. I compare. I spend the time. The mental illness is called anti-communism, and I am a capitalist tool. Your mental illness, if I may, is called laziness (defined in economic terms as "I don't care to spend the extra time in order to shop I'd rather come to FR and whine that I can't find what I want).
one water pad (RPS Products) made in U.S.A.I also got a haircut, and Patrick told me his scissors were made in Germany.
two 9v batteries (Duracell) made in U.S.A.,
one 1.55v battery (Energizer) made in U.S.A.,
one Honeycrisp apple (Univ. of Minnesota--chuckle) made in U.S.A.,
twelve 16oz beers (SABMiller) made in U.S.A.,
one 1.5L bottle red wine (Concha y Toro) made in Chile,
six tomatoes (Oceanside Produce) made in U.S.A., one porterhouse steak (generic*) made in U.S.A., and two sirlion burger patties (generic*) made in U.S.A.
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*the butcher at Jewel/Osco told me the meat is not imported