Poll: More Important to Keep Manufacturing Jobs in U.S. than to Have Cheap Products

Honest question, what stopped people from buying American before? I've long tried to buy American, and have mostly American made dress shoes and American made musical instruments. Somethings, like clothing outside of shoes, is harder to find.

Jobs are not an end in themselves

They are a means to produce goods and services

If jobs were what mattered, let’s outlaw every technology

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Honest question, what stopped people from buying American before? I've long tried to buy American, and have mostly American made dress shoes and American made musical instruments. Somethings, like clothing outside of shoes, is harder to find.

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People make economic decisions for a variety of reasons and biggest driver is usually costs followed by quality.

I'm not necessary advocating for tariffs by posting the OP. I'm just pointing out the political mood of the country on this one issue, right or wrong.

Well part of why I like buying American is that the few American manufacturers left in terms of music have higher build qualities. It was an easy way of discerning the quality of an instrument, in general. There is even a large secondary market for American made instruments from the 70's and 80's, so I'm hopeful that if those sorts of jobs return, the quality won't be diluted under the "Made in America" label, which I'm sure someone will try to take advantage of while cutting costs in other places.

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Jobs are not an end in themselves

They are a means to produce goods and services

If jobs were what mattered, let’s outlaw every technology

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True, but jobs are better than social services. So we either pay on the front end or pay on the back end.

Paying on the front end with a little dignity added to society is arguably better than paying on the back end with the addition of worthlessness into society.

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So we either pay on the front end or pay on the back end.

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Or, they seek and find where they can make themselves most valuable instead of depending on the government to either protect them or feed them.

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Or, they seek and find where they can make themselves most valuable instead of depending on the government to either protect them or feed them.

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That is usually the case with people with above 90 IQ. But there is A LOT of Americans with IQs lower than 90. They need those "menial" jobs.

So people are too dumb to know both?

That’s an interesting opinion.

If people want to pay more then let them pay more. The market will decide via the dollars that are spent.

Everyone can posture when it comes to selecting a poll option.

When it comes to choosing a product at Walmart, they won't be so charitable. I know this because they've already chosen. And they chose the cheaper products.