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This is a excellent question. I'm a diehard American cars and trucks only. Even headed to the International Auto show in Detroit this weekend. But if you walk in my house you see Samsung everywhere from my washer/dryer to TV's.
The reason for me is because well I'm from the Detroit area and most of my friends and family work at GM and Ford and it would be unacceptable for me to buy anything but the big 3.
I've bought many TV's and appliances. I found Samsung to just be the best for what I need. But I do order them from American stores like Amazon and Lowe's who have put many American's to work.
This is a excellent question. I'm a diehard American cars and trucks only. Even headed to the International Auto show in Detroit this weekend. But if you walk in my house you see Samsung everywhere from my washer/dryer to TV's.
The reason for me is because well I'm from the Detroit area and most of my friends and family work at GM and Ford and it would be unacceptable for me to buy anything but the big 3.
I've bought many TV's and appliances. I found Samsung to just be the best for what I need. But I do order them from American stores like Amazon and Lowe's who have put many American's to work.
You buy foreign electronics from American retailers. But is that any different than buying a Honda (probably manufactured in Ohio) from a car dealer in your area? That car dealer puts Americans to work too.
What about a Ford Fusion manufactured in Mexico?
Would you have bought a Mazda made at the Flat Rock plant when Ford and Mazda partnered for design and manufacturing?
So many things have been sent to other countries it is very hard to find American made products.
I have recently discovered fabric that is made in America and I will no longer be purchasing fabric made in China.
The biggest issue I will have is there are about a dozen patterns on the fabric so my choices are very limited but they do add new patterns within shorter periods of time so my choices are expanding.
For example, you never hear people say "buy Xbox instead of PlayStation because Microsoft's American". Is it just because home electronics aren't as major of a purchase as a car is?
1. After the age of globalism it's hard to say who is American and who is not. Microsoft is American ? They have office an most countries employing people in many countries and their Stock is trading on many stock exchanges. They are global company that started out in the US. Even "buy American cars" is no longer valid. Buy a good car, American car manufacturers have plants in Mexico and Foreign car manufacturers have manufacturing in the US...
2. It is Patriotic to expect US to produce superior products and not buy junk because US can not compete.
For example, you never hear people say "buy Xbox instead of PlayStation because Microsoft's American". Is it just because home electronics aren't as major of a purchase as a car is?
No one really tries to buy American any more, simply because there isn't much made here any more. Even my Ford has an engine made in Spain, Transmission made in France. Some Ford models are made in Mexico, others in Canada. Chrysler makes some of their transmissions in Mexico. Almost every car has 40% parts made in China or some other Asian country. The XBox may be a Microsoft product but they are made in Hungary, Poland and Malaysia.
"No one really tries to buy American any more, simply because there isn't much made here any more."
I respectfully disagree.
The U.S. is NO. 2 in the world in manufacturing, so MANY things are still made here.
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I go out of my way to "Buy American". My toilet was made in the USA.
My screen door was made in the US. My carpet was Made in the USA.
As everyone said, it's just about impossible to buy electronics made here.
Vizio used to assemble their TV's in the US but I don't think they even do that anymore. I have no doubt that if some US company managed to figure out a way to build quality TV's here at a competitive price point, they would quickly become the #1 seller in the US.
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