Buying American – Patriotic? Part 4

I drive a Chevy pickup truck.  I think they make the best pick up trucks in the US.  I am a bit ignorant because I have never driven many of the foreign brands, but I like my brand and it WORKS for me, so I stick with it.

I drive a Chevy Corvette.  This car is the best sports car in the world for the money.  It performs like a Ferrari or Lamborghini which costs 3 or 4 times the price.  It’s cheap to fix and parts are readily available – though I never need any.  Made in America.  My choice.

I ride a Harley Davidson.  I first owned a 1976 Sportster.  It was junk.   I got stuck on the side of the road so often, it leaked, wouldn’t start, handled like crap. I went around saying Harleys suck for many years, while I drove a Yamaha street bike.  Then the company was sold and the new guys got their act together.  Years later I drove my friends Harley on one of our annual riding trips.  I was hooked.  I bought that bike from him and still own it.  It rides like a Cadillac and I don’t have any problems with it.  America earned me back.

I ride a Japanese motocross bike and desert racing bike.  They make the best and they are not made in America.  I am going to switch to motocross bikes made in Austria this year and I will pay 20% more.  Why?  I think they are even better.  My choice.  America does not make dirt bikes.  Just as they don’t make compressors or fans or coils for the dehumidifiers my company makes.  ALL manufacturers of dehumidifiers get them and other parts from overseas.  They could not be successful otherwise.

When an American citizen goes to WalMart and fills their cart of $150, they are making their lives better.  And that would not be possible without foreign trade.

When there are free markets and free trade, we get to chose, and in so doing, we win; our lives get better.

More tomorrow…