10th Feb 2009, 12:37

I'm one of those "Patriots" (and I never thought I'd hear fellow citizens actually ridicule that word) who buys from American companies. And YES, I DO think of where other items we purchase come from. Our microwave was made in Ohio (28 YEARS ago), my CD/DVD player was made in the U.S., my TV was made in the U.S., and though we have a few items that are made by foreign companies, it is only because we had no domestic source for them.

People who DON'T bother to research where their purchases come from are in great part responsible for our current economic woes. As for full-size trucks, thankfully no one other than domestic makers now build them anyway.