[ordinaryguy]

Then are you advocating a boycott of US-made goods, on the grounds that it will be good for the US economy - as long as the boycott is not government-mandated?

And instead of buying Chinese-made goods at WalMart, we should order them directly from China and have them shipped via DHL?

[lonestar67]

I have a better idea. Buy the products you want to buy. Make the best choices you can. Be as productive as you possibly can.

If you follow this advice, you will contribute to a growing economy.

I think this is generally and almost inexorably what consumers will do despite govt efforts to the contrary.

The fact that Americans have the wealth to purchase massive volumes of foreign made goods does not alarm me. I hope to persuade others to feel the same.

I am not trying to encourage the arbitrary decisionmaking suggested in your post.