Originally Posted By: johnachak
Tools made here are made in a factory, usually on a line by several workers (here). They are then packed by another worker, loaded onto a truck by a forklift operator and from that point on, the paths of the foreign tools and American made tools are the same. HF employees can still stock them and drivers will still deliver and unload them.
A BIG difference is that the American factory gets its supplies from American suppliers, utilities from American utility companies. The American company has support / administrative jobs here in USA. All of those employees pay US and local taxes as well as S.S. taxes. Their salaries go to support other Americans who provide them with, food, medical and other necessities. That is a large help to the American and local economies.
So, lets recap, foreign made=
non Americans make these items, package and load them onto container on a truck driven by another Non american in China (Or substitute, Taiwan or India if you like). The container is then loaded onto a freighter by non Americans in China (Or in whatever other than USA country) a small (Maybe 10 person) crew will bring these items to the US port for one crane operator to load the sealed container onto a flatbed truck for one American driver to move to a distribution point at which point the same number of Americans will handle both.
So having things intentionally more expensive is good for American consumers?
Who makes the dock cranes and lifts? Who maintains them? Who makes the grease and lube for them? This can go on to infinuim and NO ONE can fully understand it.
There are a great many reasons why individual corporations manufacture where they do, and it should be their decision to make. It should also be the prerogative of individuals to purchase what they want, from other individuals, regardless of where they are.
The dichotomy of USA vs. China is nation against nation, but this is INHERENTLY FLAWED. You are buying things from people that have made a product that just happen to be in a different country.