Buy American

I'm not talking about the purposed American Government policy of "Buy American." I am talking about the idea of ordinary Americans buying American-made products. In the past, American-made meant that it was cheap and would fall apart the minute you got it home and today it stands for something more solid.

I'm not only talking about buying things made in the US solely for patriotic reasons, but because when you buy American you help many aspects of the economy - the factories, retailers, etc. The products we get in stores today usually have "Made in China" stamped on them and while they may be cheap in price they also tend to be cheap in material.

Along with buying American-made products I am also for taking away tax breaks and low import taxes on US companies that out-source to other countries. If something is going to have the "Made in the USA" stamp on it I believe that it should be completely made in the USA - not just assembled here.

Many countries in the world have their own versions of "Buy American" so the US is not alone in trying to keep their economies growing from within. The European Union is a unique case in that it has either a "Made in the EU" stamp as well as having "Made in Germany" or "Made in the Netherlands" stamp on their products.