[SilverTurtle]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

EVERY purchase you make should include some understanding of the bigger picture. Even if it's a sense of remorse that socks aren't made in America anymore. Just because something is cheap, or "high quality", or the "best" doesn't mean it's a good purchase.

There's nothing wrong with wanting supporting your country. NOTHING. It was the lack of pride and support that led us down this path in the first place.

What Turtle, I think, was getting at is the need for SOME (read his post) protectionist policies....the same kind that helped this country survive its infant years, the same kind that actually CAN (under the correct circumstances) help domestic companies as evidenced by history, but most importantly...the same kind of policies that nearly every other country in the world utilizes to manipulate the "free market" system.

EXACTLY!