American people seem to be on th whole very patriotic. So do you make an effort to buy American made, even if it’s say 10% more expensive?

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1. I don’t pay attention to where things are made.

2. Many Americans strive to buy American wherever possible.

   I sell granite headstones and it’s not uncommon for a person to buy a domestic granite over a similar import, even though it may cost hundreds of dollars more.

3. No. I prefer European or Japanese made

4. No. That ship sailed long ago. Most American goods are manufactured oversees, and even when they are made here Americans are often just assembling foreign-made parts. Or they are made in non-union shops. Me trying to change that by buying American is like me trying to plug up the Niagara Falls.

5. I don’t really care, but I know people who do

6. I try to, I do what I can to help out my friends and neighbors as best I can and buying American when possible supports our economy at a more local level. I don’t mind spending more as it is an investment in the people and communities around me.

7. I support the local businesses when possible. Don’t care where they got it from.

8. I try to research and buy American for big, expensive products. For certain other things, it’s just not worth the hassle.

9. I buy what fits my budget.

10. I try to buy local when I can, not because I’m patriotic though.

    I like supporting local businesses, quality is often better or at least there is recourse if it’s not, and it’s just all around better for the environment.

    I do not do it NEARLY as much as I should or would like to. Amazon makes it too cheap and easy to buy from other places

11. If it’s a specific hat or pair of boots, I’d prefer American. Otherwise, I’m not particularly interested in where something is made. I just assume everything else is made in China, Vietnam, India, or Pakistan anyway.

12. I make zero effort to buy American.

13. I do when I can

14. 10%? I don’t think that would be an issue. If consumer goods were only 10% more if made on US soil, we wouldn’t be shipping production over seas.

15. I do but not solely due to “patriotism.”

    The biggest driver for me is that American goods are generally made really well and last a long time. Case in point: my dress boots. Made in the USA , I’ve had then like 6 or 7 years. I have worn out other non-American shoes during this time but the boots still look and feel awesome. Yes, they were more expensive but they have double or triple the life of cheap foreign shoes, so they are actually a better value in the long run.

    Also, I like to support my fellow citizens first, if possible, because happy healthy neighbors ends up enriching my own life farther down the road.

16. Not particularly patriotic, but I definitely go out of my way for US *union-made* products. Otherwise, the US-made product may have been manufactured by prisoners smh

17. I prefer buying American made, but I could try harder.

18. It’s good to support local industry where you can, yeah

19. USA and it’s allies. Always preferred.

    edit: I think adding allies is it’s good for support, possibly strengthening or creating ties, and it expands options leaving little room for China to make money.

20. I try and buy made in America no matter the cost. I don’t consider it patriotic, I consider it common sense to try and support your community.

21. I value the ideal, but in real life I find that I purchase the item that is lowest cost, excluding anything that looks like it will break after 2 days.

22. If the quality is good.

    I would buy local or domestic for economic reasons or hopefully carbon footprint, labor rights reasons, and environment regulation.

    Not for patriotic reasons. If I can throw some support to fair trade participants, or other markets with good labor practices & environmental regulations I would do that also.

23. Nope. At least, not out of any sense if patriotism. With certain things where, for example, the quality of steel matters there are countries I DON’T buy from if I can avoid it so I’m checking labels sometimes but I’m as likely to be happy with German or Japanese as American.

24. If it’s an option, certainly.

    I try to buy American made, or better yet locally made, whenever possible. . .but it’s rather hard as it seems not a lot of American-made merchandise is available, or if it is available it is vastly more expensive to the point of not being practical to purchase.

25. I don’t really care about that or buying locally at all. I also doubt how important it really is to the people who claim it is important publicly.

    Pretty much everything I purchase I purchase for some combination of quality, convenience, and cost.

26. Sadly I can’t always afford to do that but I do try

27. I do, but it has nothing to do with patriotism, just being a consumer trying to maximize the utility of the goods I buy because Chinese goods are by and large bad quality.

28. I’d be willing to pay double if it meant supporting hard working Americans instead of China, hater of the American ideals of freedom and democracy. Usually buying American isn’t an option.

29. I try to buy products made here if possible. And try to avoid Chinese products when possible.

    However, it’s really hard to consistently buy American made or avoid Chinese products.

30. I try to buy American made. The issue is actually finding everyday items that are American made.

31. 10 percent? Yes. The problem is there typically isn’t a made in the USA option.

32. I don’t care, and I’m sure a lot of others don’t either

33. No, I will buy the cheapest thing that meets my expectations.

34. I do it for small businesses, but the product needs to be built with quality.

    That’s such an abused word and I don’t like to buy garbage… otherwise I’ll go to foreign companies to get it cheap!

35. The only people I know who are super patriotic are rightwing maga fascist Christians. And they are a tiny minority at least where I am.

36. I do it when I can, but the opportunity doesn’t seem to present itself very often. Even my American flag shirt/pants were made in China.

37. I wouldn’t necessarily say we’re patriotic. It’s definitely a stereotype but the US is so huge and differs by region. People definitely are proud of their regions though and like supporting local businesses. I don’t know anyone who goes out of their was to buy specifically US made items, but I definitely buy from small local businesses when I can!

38. I make an effort to buy local with small business companies. Barring access to that, I tried to buy from countries other than China, using China as a last resort.