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I don't know how other's view the 'buy American' idea but what sticks out to me is that foreign products, especially those produced in China are inferior than American or other countries. This may not be the case but the issues with tainted dog food and tainted baby formula among other incidents that I can remember at the moment, tend to give the impression that Chinese products are more unsafe. Grated we've had our own foibles with Peanut products and spinach too but for some reason we tend to forget those problems more quickly. I don't really know why. Then there's my own personal experience that every product that I buy that breaks or fails early on in my ownership, inevitably seems to be produced in China. Granted I tend not to check the country of origin when the product functions without issues and there could be many that are also made in China. It's the problems that we tend to see and make a connection with.
I have a feeling that the economic 'isolationism' sentiment is partly steming from our awareness of product issues as well as the desire to encourage economic growth. Now how to fix it? I have no clue. All I can do is budget, work hard, and hang on tight until this recession rebounds.
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