Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 22:07     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are many unused/underutilized factories here that could be put back in use.


With outdated equipment.


The cost to operate and maintain these machines will make the products so expensive, no one will want to buy them. Moreover, the quality and reliability won’t be comparable to what the best products are. And the waste and pollution these equipment create will create other costs.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 21:54     Subject: Re:Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:Factories may not be coming back, but we as a country should not accept the crappy jobs that have replaced them such as low wage service sector jobs or independent contractor delivery and driving jobs where people make less than minimum wage, have no insurance or retirement, and no protections.


I mean, this is exactly the future that the Project 2025 folks at Heritage and their oligarch friends want for us.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 20:35     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Every small business bootstrapping products from a garage is going to be in immediate peril. There’s no such thing as a domestic supply chain.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 20:33     Subject: Re:Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Factories may not be coming back, but we as a country should not accept the crappy jobs that have replaced them such as low wage service sector jobs or independent contractor delivery and driving jobs where people make less than minimum wage, have no insurance or retirement, and no protections.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 20:31     Subject: Re:Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Actually a lot of food is not from the U.S. Apple juice, garlic, etc. come from China. A lot of produce from Mexico and Canada.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 16:42     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Tons of abandoned Car Factories in Detroit

Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 15:12     Subject: Re:Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
We still make furniture. And those plastic car mats. I think that’s about it.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 15:10     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The answer is very little.
So take for instance the rare clothes made in USA (super hard to find). Maybe they are buying US cotton. Even so, doubtful they are buying US made thread or zippers or snaps. And their sewing machines probably have at least components made abroad, if not the whole machine.

Or Fiestaware—made in the U.S. I don’t know where they source the ceramic clay—maybe US? But I’m sure they get some dyes and maybe glaze components from abroad and probably the same issue with machinery.

These are the examples I can think of that are probably mostly made in U.S. Electronics and appliances and stuff are much harder because, even when partially made here, small components are almost never made here since it is so much cheaper to make abroad.


So, now it has to be made in USA, on machines made in the USA, with material made in the USA?

Fixed cost usually doesn't contribute much to the final product price.


I think OPs question was about price increases. So you may buy hersheys chocolate made in PA but if they are importing cocoa and vanilla that is subject to tariffs, those prices will increase and they will potentially lay off or furlough American workers as consumer demand drops. That’s true for basically every product made in America. It’s unusual to be able to fully source from America. Back in the pandemic, a lot of American factories stood idle because they couldn’t get certain key components from abroad. Were all just so interconnected now — you can’t unmake the omelette.


Hershey’s chocolate is not made in PA. It’s only packaged here. Made in Mexico and Canada.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 15:05     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Also gas for trucks in the midwest comes from Canada. Trucks to bring food to market.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 14:59     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, many things, here’s a list.

https://www.usalovelist.com/category/by-article-type/source-list/


Wow! What a great list! I’m definitely shopping American now!

You are amazingly gullible if you think that every scrap of those products were made in the USA. The final items are assembled and packaged here, which is nice, but the source materials most certainly are not. Aside from the occasional wool or cotton garment, nothing is 100% sourced in the USA.


Also, be prepared for sticker shock.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 14:15     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, many things, here’s a list.

https://www.usalovelist.com/category/by-article-type/source-list/


Wow! What a great list! I’m definitely shopping American now!

You are amazingly gullible if you think that every scrap of those products were made in the USA. The final items are assembled and packaged here, which is nice, but the source materials most certainly are not. Aside from the occasional wool or cotton garment, nothing is 100% sourced in the USA.


There are thousands of items on that list. Which are you specifically talking about?
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 13:08     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, many things, here’s a list.

https://www.usalovelist.com/category/by-article-type/source-list/


Wow! What a great list! I’m definitely shopping American now!

You are amazingly gullible if you think that every scrap of those products were made in the USA. The final items are assembled and packaged here, which is nice, but the source materials most certainly are not. Aside from the occasional wool or cotton garment, nothing is 100% sourced in the USA.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 12:57     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=made+in+usa+products+only&crid=2OVMEWWQRE78&sprefix=made+in+%2Caps%2C114&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_8


Amazon's search function is so useless. Lots pops up that is clearly NOT made in USA.

A few examples:

Socks "designed in the US"

And other clothes, not made in the US.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 12:51     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are many unused/underutilized factories here that could be put back in use.


With outdated equipment.


And the equipment is made with imported steel.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2025 12:51     Subject: Beyond food is anythng 100% made in the USA
Anonymous wrote:Yes, many things, here’s a list.

https://www.usalovelist.com/category/by-article-type/source-list/


Wow! What a great list! I’m definitely shopping American now!