Lotta moanin' and complainin' going on about the flood of Made in China products on the market today, along with a lot of "Buy American or you're a scumbag" rhetoric. I'm all for American products, made in American factories by American labor, but we all know that sort of thing is pretty much history.Very few things that the average consumer needs/uses are built entirely in America. At the very least, some components are made overseas. In the 50's, it was "Jap Junk". In the 70's Japanese cars and electronics took this country by storm, and the "junk" threshold moved to Korea. Now, Korea has moved up a rung and it's "Chinese Crap". In 20 or 30 years, China will move up and Pakistan or Bangladesh or whereever will take over the bottom slot. It's called progress, folks. Ya can't stop it. I shop for the best balance of quality and price I can afford. When the Chinese steel industry starts getting it's stuff together and producing a well-built and reasonably priced product, I'll be buying it. Doesn't bother me a bit that my Stanley and Husky tools are made in China. They're good tools for the price and they do the job. It's a Global economy, like it or not. Get with it, or get over it.
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