Why Buying American Is The Best Choice - 1571 Words

Why buying American is the best choice The question to whether we should buy strictly American made products has been around for a long time many people think it’s a good idea and many think it’s a bad idea. I think that we should buy strictly American made products because if we start making these products our self it could open up more jobs for Americans to fill and it could help to drop the unemployment rate. It has been stated by Roger Simmermaker that â€Å"In just the last 10 years the United States has lost out on approximately 2 trillion dollars in cumulative trade deficits with china alone†(Simmermaker 1). That is money that we the Americans could have profited from if we would just make the products ourselves and buy from other†¦show more content†¦In trying to strictly buy just American made products there are going to be pros and cons but no matter what you do there are always pros and cons. The pros to doing this would be better quality as the American made products are normally much nicer and more reliable, just think if you buy from American companies it will probably be so much easier to contact the company you are trying to buy goods from because there was always that trouble trying to get ahold of a supplier say if he was based out of china and maybe he didn’t speak English maybe he did but then you would have to work out a time to call as the time would be completely different it may be 2 p.m. here and it might be 4 a.m. there it was always just a hassle. Another Pro would be with all the new companies that would start business in America because everyone wants to buy products strictly from America that could have huge benefit on the unemployed that would give more people jobs and it would have a chance to lower the unemployment rate. But if the American based companies want to stand a chance they would need to sell goods to where the people have to pay for them they can’t be public goods. If they are public goods everyone would take adv antage of the company because the company can’t exclude them now they have a free rider problem. So the only way to make a profit is through selling these products. As with all pros there always cons to something the cons to buying strictly American made products would be