[Protagoras]

At Walmart, at least you have a chance of finding something Made in the U.S.A.

The whole idea of "buying American" to benefit America is false. If we didn't have competition from those bad old Japanese and European car companies we would still be driving the same crappy cars we were being fed by the US car companies years ago.

Competition is the life blood of free markets, and free markets are the life blood of freedom. And freedom is the life blood of this country. At least it used to be.

[discostu]

The whole buy American to benefit America thing has never stood up to the math. According to that theory if you buy not American you're costing Americans their jobs. Unfortunately there's usually more than one American company. Simple logical structure shows the problem. In theory if you buy from Toyota people at Ford and Dodge lose jobs, by logical extension if you buy from Ford people at Dodge lose jobs and vice versa. Thus no matter who you buy from Americans lose their jobs, so you shouldn't use patriotic altruism as a decision maker.