I refuse to buy anything made somewhere other than here, unless I absolutely can not find it, I am willing to pay more & go to several places to find it. Tv's stereos, computers & such just can't be done, but even if I have to order it & wait I will. Why support another country when our own economy sucks. That's why out auto companies are struggling, along with other u.s. companies. We've done it to ourselves, nobody made us buy foreign stuff. I know that I as 1 person, am making no difference in our economy, but I feel better.

i can only afford walmart ware anymore and everything seems to be "made in china" -

I wouldn't consider buying any other computer than a Dell (not sure if there still made in the US). You just can't touch them for spec, quality of build and most importantly price.
I've had six of them in the last eight years, without a single problem.

  QUOTE (kinkykev @ October 12, 2006, 10:16)


6 in the last 8 years? No problems? hmmmmmm, I'm not understanding this. I reckon there's a reason, huh?

  QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 12, 2006, 10:21)

I'm still using three workstations and a laptop the other two are in the loft.

  QUOTE (NRG4U @ October 11, 2006, 18:23)

Not to change the subject but what kind of rifle is that on the wall behind you?? from first glance it looks like a winchester, but the 3 inches of wood infront of the forend ring puzzles me, I know Rossi has a lot of wood, but the rest of the rifle does not appear to match. and most Marlins have pistol grip stocks, the slender rear stock suggests an air rifle, but the tip of the Magazine looks like it has a loading opening of a 22 of some sort, hard to tell from the photo, I even tried plowing up the photo but not enough resolution/pixels to suport the photo. Just curious, have a small gun collection, I guess Im getting all fired up getting ready to go deer hunting in SC. this thanksgiving week.

With NAFTA & GATT (yeah, THESE were a great idea!) it's getting harder and harder to find anything made in the good ol' USA. The market is flooded with cheap (inexpensive) items made by ridiculously cheap labor and so many of our companies have moved south of the border and west ---way west across to Asia. Our service industries are growing and our production of just about everything across the board for domestic or export is dropping. Not economically sound and the future looks worse.

  QUOTE (tungslav @ October 11, 2006, 16:01)


I'm a product of NAFTA!... Been out of work since April Fools Day 2005 (it was their joke, not mine) Trouble is, Mexico is no longer the riduculously cheap labor force anymore. The average Mexican made $5.80 a day, China, on the other hand, gets a whopping $1.60 a day. Mexicans work an average 8 hr day, while China works 16 hr days. The companies that profitted from NAFTA are now lobbying to add China to the Free Trade Agreement. So looking to the future, whenever you see a stamp that reads, "MADE IN CHINA" just think, "FOMERLY MADE IN THE USA"...

I guess I really don't care all that much if I buy something made in China. Chinese people have to eat, too. It's a global market, and for the most part, that's a good thing. That being said, I think buying local is usually better than buying from far away. In that regard, I don't see much difference between buying from Mexico versus buying from California.

But obviously we are not going to solve the world's economic problems on webnaughty.

I guess I really don't care all that much if I buy something made in China. Chinese people have to eat, too. It's a global market, and for the most part, that's a good thing. That being said, I think buying local is usually better than buying from far away. In that regard, I don't see much difference between buying from Mexico versus buying from California.

But obviously we are not going to solve the world's economic problems on webnaughty.