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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 978348" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Gary:</p><p> </p><p>I agree in part. Remember I'm in the steel business, the transportation end, but owned by a steel company, we are American owned and operated but the bottom line is most of the domestic mills today are foreign owned and thats certainly not to say that we might be sold to a foreign entity, anything is possible.</p><p> </p><p>Case in point, Acerlor Mittal (defunct Republic Steel, LTV) or Ford Rouge Steel, now Severstal.</p><p> </p><p>Traceability is fine but things can get a bit muddied in that process. Just because we are American owned and operated, thats not to say we procure all our basic materials from domestic sources because we don't, it's impossible and while our products say 'Proudly Made in the USA' the intrinsic components may or may not be sourced from domestic sources.</p><p> </p><p>Thats how it works.</p><p> </p><p>It's a global economy, like it or not. Players like China and Pacific Rim countries are key players, my issue is, if I can avoid purchasing any product made in some sweat shop in a third world hove where the workers are making peanutsl and imported by some greedy, profit oriented company and marked up ten fold, I'm going to do it (not buy those products).</p><p> </p><p>It can't always play that way but if it can, I'm all for it and I don't mind paying a premium price to support American workers.</p><p> </p><p>Yes, I have those anti-fatigue mats in my shop. I must say they work well. Much better than standing on concrete.</p><p> </p><p>The phrase 'Buy American' is easy to say but hard to practice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 978348, member: 39764"] Gary: I agree in part. Remember I'm in the steel business, the transportation end, but owned by a steel company, we are American owned and operated but the bottom line is most of the domestic mills today are foreign owned and thats certainly not to say that we might be sold to a foreign entity, anything is possible. Case in point, Acerlor Mittal (defunct Republic Steel, LTV) or Ford Rouge Steel, now Severstal. Traceability is fine but things can get a bit muddied in that process. Just because we are American owned and operated, thats not to say we procure all our basic materials from domestic sources because we don't, it's impossible and while our products say 'Proudly Made in the USA' the intrinsic components may or may not be sourced from domestic sources. Thats how it works. It's a global economy, like it or not. Players like China and Pacific Rim countries are key players, my issue is, if I can avoid purchasing any product made in some sweat shop in a third world hove where the workers are making peanutsl and imported by some greedy, profit oriented company and marked up ten fold, I'm going to do it (not buy those products). It can't always play that way but if it can, I'm all for it and I don't mind paying a premium price to support American workers. Yes, I have those anti-fatigue mats in my shop. I must say they work well. Much better than standing on concrete. The phrase 'Buy American' is easy to say but hard to practice. [/QUOTE]
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