Quote Originally Posted by Murugan View Post
I'm just weird like that I guess, I also don't wrinkle my nose when encountering something or someone simply because they were not made in America.
I guess you wouldn't. You didn't see what things were like in Detroit after the auto industry collapse. Every other house you see up for sale, foreclosed, or merely abandoned. Trained professionals with engineering degrees begging for a job at McDonalds. Families relocating to other states and leaving their lives behind because they can't make a living in Michigan. My uncle, who worked for GM his whole life, took an early retirement for fear he wouldn't otherwise get one. He was one of the lucky ones.

Things like this make you realize the importance of buying local. It's a concept that farmers' markets and small businesses thrive on. If more Americans supported their own economy, perhaps more people would have jobs.

This doesn't make me racist. It's only common sense.