Buying American is it really worth it?

[10mm-man]

I think you're mostly being sarcastic, but in case you aren't, I asked because I'm curious who is actually benefited by buying American. I'm also curious who people think they are helping.
For example, I doubt buying American improves roads, lowers gas prices, or increases education. I'm sure an argument could be made that it increases the value of the dollar in some way. Otherwise, giving money to a company, is not the same as giving money to a country. If people are mostly concerned with helping an American keep a job, that is fine, but the origin country of the company doesn't matter as long as an American employee is involved.

To be clear, it doesn't matter if profits go to a company in China or a company in the US, because you can't control where those people or companies spend that money anyway. What good does it to buy Ford, if all the Ford CEOs are spending their money on BMW's?

It's not a clear cut issue, which is my point.

No sarcasm.... I am going to bed, this is a bigger discussion issue than I want to get into.......... More $$$ spent on American soil, kept on American soil is good for AMERICA! Prove me wrong!

Edit: Some sarcasm.....

[Irving]

Prove that the money is kept on American soil.

Your statement is 100% correct, as long as the product you are buying is worth the money you are spending on it, and you aren't just buying American to buy American. Subsidizing American companies just because of where they were started is a detriment to America as a whole if doing so does not encourage the company to be competitive in the market.

[10mm-man]

Prove that the money is kept on American soil.

Your statement is 100% correct, as long as the product you are buying is worth the money you are spending on it, and you aren't just buying American to buy American. Subsidizing American companies just because of where they were started is a detriment to America as a whole if doing so does not encourage the company to be competitive in the market.

Good point,,,, Night night! I'll bet on America though, no matta what! Goood with the bad type of thing! We'll always come out on top, because that is what we do!!

[zteknik]

I'll probably get flamed for it but it's just my oppinion.
I use to whole heartedly just buy American,everything(Even American kielbasi!)
But through the years even when the qualit of American made stuff was going down hill I still stuck to All American.
Now that I'm a bit older and learned a bit more I dont.

Not that the fact it's American,the fact that half the stuff suposedly made here realy isn't and most the profit on such said goods never STAY in America.It just goes to the so called American companies that rei nvest overseas.
I also seen first hand some of the stuff made here with materials that came from overseas put together by ILLEGAL IMIGRANT WORKERS....
My faith in the so called "American " product has been lost..

I would love nothing more to still be able to buy a trully Amarican made product.
I do when I absolutley know it is like localy made products ,but that's far and few between.
Hopefully once again we might be able to do it,but I dont see it in my lifetime..

[sellersm]

One product that's supposedly 100% American is Diamond Gusset Jeans! They're the only jeans I buy... But, as I said before, gotta love NAFTA. It's almost impossible to trace the $$$ trail anymore. GE is a case in point...

[NitroxBoss]

I'll never buy another "new" GM product ever again. And it has nothing to do with "quality".

Amen! Thieves!

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

You guys should stop thinking about big business and think about all the local small business you could support. In my opinion that is where buying American really matters not just you once every ten year purchase but your every day purchases should be more localized. If you rather save 10 or 15 percent at Walmart then maybe helping that mom and pop shop that has been there for 30 years make it to the end of the month , that's fine but you damn sure aren't helping your country and more importantly your comunity.

[nisils14]

When it comes to cars, there's no such as buying American. Just based on the fact alone that car companies crossover so many parts it's probably not even funny. People will naturally want a quality product, whether or not, that company is American or foreign. When a company has a reputation of offering quality products, most people are willing to pay the price. The only thing I can think of you could probably stay strictly American is booze.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Yes.

[TS12000]

Based on basic economic principles I'm definitely not buying something of lower quality, that was assembled MAYBE here, by illegals and wage pumping unionists, from a company that had to be kept on life support with my tax dollars, just because MURRICA DAMMIT! Fuck that noise, those companies deserved to go under and even though I know most (all?) paid that money back its an indication that they run a very shakey business in the first place.