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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 235232" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>I've never been a big believer in buying American <em>just</em> because it's American. It seems to run counter to the whole idea of capitalism and free trade that our economic system is based on. Especially with big items like cars, HDTVs, home theatre receivers, etc, I do my research and try to buy the best product period. If it's american, that's great. If it's not, that's ok too. The point is to force companies to compete for your business by offering you the best product, and the way to do that is make sure they understand that the best is all you will buy.</p><p></p><p>When you guarantee a certain segment of the marketplace that they will get your money no matter what kind of inferior product they produce, you are also guaranteeing that you will continue to get an inferior product, and likely at an inflated price.</p><p></p><p>I firmly believe that American companies can compete with anyone, but if they are not forced to compete, then they won't. Why should they?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 235232, member: 4805"] I've never been a big believer in buying American [I]just[/I] because it's American. It seems to run counter to the whole idea of capitalism and free trade that our economic system is based on. Especially with big items like cars, HDTVs, home theatre receivers, etc, I do my research and try to buy the best product period. If it's american, that's great. If it's not, that's ok too. The point is to force companies to compete for your business by offering you the best product, and the way to do that is make sure they understand that the best is all you will buy. When you guarantee a certain segment of the marketplace that they will get your money no matter what kind of inferior product they produce, you are also guaranteeing that you will continue to get an inferior product, and likely at an inflated price. I firmly believe that American companies can compete with anyone, but if they are not forced to compete, then they won't. Why should they? [/QUOTE]
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