Posted on 04/14/2016 10:23:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The vast majority of Americans say they prefer lower prices instead of paying a premium for items labeled Made in the U.S.A., even if it means those cheaper items are made abroad, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
While presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are vowing to bring back millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors, public sentiment reflects core challenges confronting the U.S. economy. Incomes have barely improved, forcing many households to look for the most convenient bargains instead of goods made in America. Employers now seek workers with college degrees, leaving those with only a high school degree who once would have held assembly lines jobs in the lurch. And some Americans who work at companies with clients worldwide see themselves as part of a global market.
Nearly three in four say they would like to buy goods manufactured inside the United States, but those items are often too costly or difficult to find, according to the survey released Thursday. A mere 9 percent say they only buy American.
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Always trust AP.
After all, they are only 98% Marxist.
They leave a bit of room for opposing viewpoints....
Not me,I’d pay much more for USA quality.
More frequent replacement cancels out any savings.
Americans have been conditioned to prefer lower cost items...however, that conditioning can and will be reversed if/when the manufacture of those goods returns to the USA.
I am old enough to remember when a “Made in China” stamp on a product labeled it as unwanted merchandise.
Just because it is made overseas does not mean the price is cheap.
J Crew is expensive and all their clothes are made in China.
Where do you think Nikes shoes are made and they are expensive as well.
And, don’t kid yourself (not that you are) there are lots of folks who prefer to hire illegal labor. And there were some who were making careers out of it, with phony SSN’s.
Slightly change the question. Would Americans pay more for higher quality items made in America, or prefer low cost single use trash made in China.
I remember the days of low-cost stuff being labeled “Made in Hong Kong”.
LOL
Good shot!
IO would pay a premium for products made in the USA. I live in a small town and try to visit the hardware store in lieu of Home Depot for example.
Control the unfair union and government restraints. Surprise, America suddenly again becomes the great low cost producer for the world.
Oil companies make $.05/gal Goberment makes $.42/gal and gets additional kickback from the corn states. Un-rig the game before throwing stones at the consumer.
Too many American companies ruined their reputation. Even the ones that have righted the ship lost a lot of good will.
Believe me folks would much prefer to purchase better quality products produced here even if they have to pay slightly more. Over the long run you end up saving money since the product will last much longer.
The key is to bring back good jobs so the folks can afford to buy quality products.
If the quality is low, then, yes - cheaper is better. But if the USA made goods are better, then the price is justified.
So they need to realize bringing jobs back to America stops the drain on the taxpayer and leads to more disposable income which keeps our wealth IN our country leading to MORE jobs IN our country, leading to more competition and lower prices,. BASIC economics that they don’t teach in schools anymore.
I wanted to open a chopstick factory in the US. Start small and slowly but surely take each cheap item made in China and replicate it here. Technology dictates that things could be made for less money and the shipping costs go away.
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