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Very little is American made.
I have some insight for the average joe.
When you buy an American made product its a sham 99% of the time.
I used to run an injection molding machine for a job. And made parts for a well known brand.
The parts where made from LG plastics from china, on a Japanese injection molding machine ran by me. That got paid $16.40 an hour, with no benefits.
The parts said "made in America" on the mold.
Utter sham, im all for american jobs. But its bullshit to say its made in america. When all the parts that make it are not American.
There should be some legal president that if it says "made in america" it must be 98% american resources.
Not some dog eggs, of well i bought some plastic from china and the machine from japan. And had the american press the button to make the part. Therefore its an american made product.
Now im not saying all company's are like that but majority of them are.
We get parts from Japan, unassembled. They already have made in america stamped into the side. They get put together by a couple robots and sent out the door with a huge markup for the locally manufactured parts. Local heroes keeping the community employed since 1986!