[grania]

Even if you don't like NY, MA, and CT, it's not a reason to by made in China. Those manufacturing jobs most often employ people who work for a paycheck, support the US as it used to be, and often are opposed to federal gov vs giving their communities more say.

Local manufacturing often keeps American traditions alive in those communities. They support the local arts councils, parades, community projects etc.

Have you ever been to rural towns in central and western CT and MA? I think you'd be surprised.

[bert]

yes but they are CT and MA. just the same.

They are still a part of the Neoeuropa that has transcended America in the northeast.

[Gaffer]

If they allow a corrupt and liberal state government to implement and execute their laws, then I don’t care how ‘conservative’ they might be.

I’d rather see them move to a freer state. Until then, I won’t buy from those states if there is another state from which I can get comparably the same thing. It’s their problem and not mine.

[FreedomNotSafety]

It is not as simple as were was it made. iPhones are assembled in China but the design, engineering, marketing, sales, administration, etc. and PROFITS are here in the US. China only receives the smallest of slivers of the overall value. If Apple had to pay US labor rates and worse of all comply with all of the idiotic and wasteful US laws they would probably not be competitive and the vast amount of jobs and wealth created in this country would be lost.

I love making things here. I owned a US manufacturing company but I bought cheap things from China that helped me generate better paying iobs here. But our government is making life miserable for manufactures.