Found an American made item

I wish. Well, at least it pays my shoe bills. I buy two pairs of workboots every couple years, too.

-- You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. --Jack London

NRA/ILA's political power has three prongs: Money from manufacturers, money from members, and direct influence over members' voting. Taken together, they are very powerful.

I'm leaving for a few days or I'd look it up for you. If you want to see for yourself, you'll find all of the manufacturing data you could want on the Commerce Dept.'s website. It's not easy to dig through it; sometimes it's on the BEA subsidiary site.

If you want me to dig up the numbers, ask again around the middle of next week and I'll get it.

I got into trouble at one worksite where the foreman was complaining about some shoddy work and claimed my crew did it.

I replied: "Can't be us, our shoddy work is a good as our good work."

technomaNge

Well, after you paid you got a new balance, didn't you? ; )

You're a shoe-in with the puns, aren't ya, li'l fella?

-- Invest in America: Buy a CONgresscritter today!

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Tread lightly and don't wag your tongue so much Larry. Corny puns are the archenemy of civilization. We will nail you with enough to make you cry 'ankle'! So toe the line or you will discover we have no sole.

--Winston

-- Invest in America: Buy a CONgresscritter today!

I saw an episode of "How it's Made" or one of the other look-alike shows that covered a Mexican factory that made jeans for at least a half-dozen american "manufacturers". Pretty much doesn't matter what brand of jeans you buy - they all seem to come from the same factory in Mexico.

That is *way* better than my experience at my local Beck's. They acted like they *really* did not want any of my money. Ironic because you could throw a bowling ball down any aisle and not hit another customer. Weird.

I found

and never darkened their door again. Everybody's happy!

--Winston

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That is only one of ~4000 such plants located in Mexico.

--Winston

Yeah, amazing, isn't it? You'd think that the salescritters would scamper toward you when you came in because of the boredom. Failing that, you'd think they'd scamper toward you because if they don't make any sales, the company will close its doors and they'll be out on their lazy, incompetent arses quite soon.

Maybe in San Jose, but not in GP. I just looked. The $114 NB 574 is almost identical in material and construction to the Reebok Men's Classic Nylon but the prices are a bit different. NB is OVER FOUR TIMES the price. I'm willing to spot an extra few bucks for a US brand, but that's ridiculous. January 2011 at Amazon:

Reebok Men's Classic Nylon Running Shoe, Black/White, 12M Sold by: ShopWSS Condition: new Quantity: 2 $26.24 each Item subtotal: $52.48

I found and tried on some 574s at Big 5 once and liked them, but the price was too steep.

-- The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. -- Plutarch

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I've been wearing NB 855's for years now. (Warning: Next week I'm going to take them off.)

I like them because they don't aggravate my right ankle the way that some shoes do.

That is worth bucks to me for sure.

I've thrown away lots of shoes that weren't as kind to my old 'cycle injury.

--Winston

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Yes, comfort and lack of blisters really count.

My arches like the Reeboks. I can stand in them on concrete all day if necessary. Effective, utilitarian, and cheap? That's a real nice kind of satisfaction.

-- The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. -- Plutarch

Seems list price is $24.95 found it on some web sites for either

17.99 or 12.99 but both were out of stock. It is an OLD model phone. Found it on ebay for $8.00 with free shipping.

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Hand sown nylon. Watched them being made on the PCN channel. ( Pennslyvania Cable Network) they showcase manufacturing in PA with factory tours every week.

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It seems you're back and I'm still curious! :^)

David

I was hoping you were away on vacation. d8-)

Ok, let me get you some good data sources here, without burying you in detail...

The drill-down tables published by Commerce look like the best deal now. You want NAICS Code 332994, for small arms manufacturing, and 332992, for small-arms ammo.

Here's the full table:

Here's an easier-to-read output summary:

They show somewhat different results; I didn't check to see what measurements were different. The full table says small arms, $3.3 billion. Ammo, $3.2 billion. Taken together, they're roughly equivalent to the US production of mayonnaise and sauces (NAICS 311941) .

If you want to see how this compares with US totals in manufacturing, and general manufacturing trends, see this Excel table:

Happy number-crunching.