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s.crum said "What I'm trying to say is if I'm buying an American named product and paying extra money to buy that product fully expecting that I'm helping to keep a fellow NORTH AMERICAN employed, is it to much to ask that the product be made here inside our borders?"

I really hate to have to point out to you that the country of Mexico IS IN NORTH AMERICA.....

Technically, yes it is. But pointing that out is a lot like acknowledging that a lot of United States Americans are not of white, northern European descent. It runs counter to the wishful thinking mental image many people still hold of what this country looks like. Unless something amazing and totally off the radar happens, the view of America as an industrial powerhouse is going to be another one of those conditions that used to be true but aren't anymore. Buying American made products would certainly be one way to turn the situation around, but only if a significant proportion of the buying public did so. As it is, it's like shovelling sand against the tide.

All the best, Stan

Sure, it would be nice to buy stuff that was made by Americans but think about it. If it said "Made in America" it would mean in an American factory. Maybe that factory was owned by an American but I bet you the people working in the factory were Mexican.

So now we have the problem of the movement of people and families into our country.

Which would you rather have?

Were you able to get any information to indicate where the components were made? I wouldn't be too put off about where products were assembled, if I could be sure that they were being assembled from American made parts. In fact, assembly line workers from poor countries are probably at least as highly motivated to keep their jobs as unskilled American workers.

The trouble is that if a product was asembled in Mexico from American made parts, it would probably say that on the label. It wouldn't make sense to conceal information that would make many Americans choose it over cheaper, Chinese made alternatives.

All the best, Stan

Plus, since I have taken over the maintenance roll at work, I have been on the phone with Hon twice in the last month or so getting replacement parts for Warrantied chairs. Guess what? No accents that I couldn't understand and I only had to press a number one time once their machine picked up the phone. That put me in touch with a live customer support person that took care of my problem each time.

Guess which chair I am going to buy for myself?