I have to agree that corporate greed is the root problem along with the consumer. And the consumers and companies are at fault of putting us in this mess.
Here Walmart is a good example of corporate greed run a muck. When Sam Walton started Walmart he insisted on buying American product at a fair price and selling them in his stores. Then he die leaving the company to corporate crooks that will sale anything they can make a penny on so the quality of items in the stores have really tanked over the years.
Matter of fact many companies have gone down similar paths so it is getting very hard to find quality products at a fair price anywhere.
Yes buying products made in your on country is desirable but the average consumer here could care less as long it is the cheapest thing they can get.
It sorta like a fellow that will put on 4 or 5 cheap deck belts thinking he is saving when one good quality belt at 2-3 x the price of one of the cheap would be still going strong by the time he puts on the sixth belt. What was my once after market belt suppliers are now higher then the OEM belts that I buy through my distributor.
One everyone got be careful of is those Made in your Country stickers. Not everything with them are made where they say are.
