Capt Noonie made some excellent points. Boycotting Chinese products could hurt American small business owners and their employees. Nothing is ever simple.
I am more than happy to buy American-made products, but I have had some bad experiences with them. One was a simple light fixture for my laundry room. I wanted to replace the cracked plastic "globe" that is more cake shaped. None of the stores carried anything like it so I had to order one online.
The fixture was proudly advertised as Made in America and it arrived covered in American flags. Sadly, the whole thing was a mess. The special bulbs could not even be installed because the sockets were welded on incorrectly, and the globe section was pathetic. It looked like 2 pieces of rough plastic glued together. I threw the whole thing in the garbage and ordered the one from China. It was perfect.
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