Years ago I went out of my way and paid a premium to buy an made in America tool- a Dewalt grinder, instead of a made in China Makita. Almost immediately the switch on the Dewalt gave out. I had to shake the grinder to get it to start. To get it fixed I had to bring it to a Dewalt Service center 30 miles away and they estimated a month. I said fukkit and just shook it. Finally, after a couple years, no amouint of shaking would get it going. This time I bought a Porter Cable made in China and it's going strong. So made in America is no gaurantee.
Made is Switzerland is a different deal. Bosch jig saw under heavy use for 35 years. Still going strong. I kept my eye on the saw in stores for many years. It was still made in Switzerland. I debated buying a new one before they moved production to China...but the old one works fine. Finally about 2 years ago I looked at one and it was made in Hungary. No more Switzerland. Hope mine holds out another 25-30 years...
My truck at the moment is made in Germany VW van.
My boots are homemade sandals.
My guns were made in Geramny and Belgium- Luger and Browning.
My jeans are Levis, made in San Francisco right? (I've never looked).
Eagle? Did you vote for Boebert? Isn't she from Eagle? Or Rifle? Somehwerer near Vail.
Bosch tools are dank still I hope because I just got their jigsaw.
Picked a Makita combo kit geared towards contractors/based off of utility and was pleasantly surprised to find out except for the flashlight, made in Japan.
My boots for the most part are made in the USA Chippewas. Don’t know where they made my Kamik snowboots and some insulated steel toes I picked up after almost chopping some toes off testing out my new splitting maul.
My guns are all made in the USA. Mossberg, Sig Sauer and Henry.
My truck was made in Dearborn Michigan and they did a real good job.
My jeans are now 100% made in US. Thought I’d step up my fashion game recently and finally got some nice ones (selvedge). A short search for the best value/cheapest made stateside yielded a company out of Los Angeles.
https://bravestarselvage.com/
Rock, Flag and Eagle CO isn’t a real place it’s a state of mind lol. I live now in a fairly conservative little town in the southern part of the state and couldn’t be happier. Because while it’s pretty MAGA it’s also way more diverse than your average ski town. At line in the supermarket you’ll find: a CO cowboy hat boots big belt buckle the whole 9 yards, your garden variety dirty hippie(s), a retired couple from ?, some weed farmers, a pistol packing CO redneck, a whole lot average Joes and Janes and me.
Havent voted yet but I will and hard. Particularly when it comes to Sheriff as they not the state/Denver or Boulder ultimately determine the county’s gun laws.
In addition to getting involved in local politics, ie showing up at town council meetings and asking as many questions as I’m allowed about sustainable development, affordable housing, the school system/youth facilities, clean water and any other pertinent issues that come to mind especially if it’s going to bum out the fat cats responsible for the borderline clusterfuck things are now.
Who knows if I think I can really **** some people off while bringing important issues to the forefront, maybe I’ll even seek office.
But the bottom line is I’m very fortunate to be doing as well as I am and that combined with no dependents means I have some disposable income so whenever possible I try to support American design and manufacturing.