Just a dream, but wondering what it would actually take to eliminate corporate greed, foreign out-sourcing, foreign investments in our infrastructure, and truly bring back American Pride in production and the small businesses that made this country. Some can argue that our current level of greed arrived from the beginning of the American industrial revolution. No doubt that Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, & Morgan lead the charge in creating empires and buying up or destroying other companies along the way. But even amongst their reign, small companies thrived and produced outstanding quality.
Today, whenever I buy something that's labeled made or assembled in the USA, it feels like I'm committing to fixing it out of the box. More and more I feel like its a case of yes, I'll fix your made on Monday mistakes. Yes, I do buy products still that are Made In USA and I think are superior to others. But they come from small companies where pride and craftmanship is the defining difference. However so many other items are becoming junk. Either grossly under engineered, poor craftsmanship, or just crap materials. I'm not debating the cheaper landed cost of China products - I've worked as Manufacture Rep for decades and I know exactly how that works. But when we decide to spend the higher cost of Made in USA, doesn't that come with a legitimate expectation of higher quality? Sure would be nice to have that level of pride again.