I bought something made in America yesterday - Toilet seats sold at Home depot

[Liberal_in_LA]

Made in the USA! :patriot:

I admit that I was surprised to see they weren't made in China.

[Romulox]

1. How many Toyotas in the parking lot of a LA HD?

:shrug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. at least one - mine

[Romulox]

13. Kinda puts the Made in USA toilet seat into perspective, doesn't it? Solidarity!, otherwise.

I guess. :shrug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. yes. I put my American made toilet seats in the trunk of my Toyota.

[Juneboarder]

21. Your Toyota ...

was probably made in the USA (gasp!) :)

[Romulox]

23. By scabs in the Cheap Labor South. But let's all get excited about a toilet seat! nt

[Juneboarder]

28. I knew I could count on a comment from Romulux...

Scabs put Toyotas together here in the states - fact. What do you call the Mexicans that put our Ford made in the USA cars together? Surely not union workers; and surely Ford is not concerned with unions any more. The top1% could care less and it boils down to just that. Not name calling. Now, feel free to have the last word as this won't turn into a back and forth as you would like it to.

[Romulox]

30. "Scab" refers to non-union/union-busters. It doesn't have anything to do with race or ethnicity.

"What do you call the Mexicans that put our Ford made in the USA cars together?"

UAW workers. :eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

35. maybe.

:-)

[Romulox]

24. Cool story, bro. You're like a patriot, or something. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

34. lol.

[A Brand New World]

2. I'd frame it & not sit on it!

nt

[Beartracks]

25. Dare I say, sit on it and produce other made-in-America things!

:hurts: :evilgrin:

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[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. I'm in jaw-dropping shock to find anything made here. I want to buy only American, and cannot

seem to. It makes me sick to my stomach.

[Xithras]

4. What brand?

I have a half-renovated bathroom that I need to finish one of these days.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. Can't remember. But maybe all of the one's made from wood.

[GoCubsGo]

11. I'm betting it's Bemis.

I think those are still made in Wisconsin.

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. YES! Bemis! I remember seeing it on box - Cat became in love with empty box

was playing with it, so I didn't throw it away immediately.

[msongs]

5. are u sure it wasn't the packaging only made in the USA? nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. I'm sure

[RKP5637]

8. This is a rare object of art. I would save it, it's a one of a kind and very rare. Could

be worth thousands and thousands eventually down the road.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. lol.

[GoCubsGo]

12. I just saw some USA-made socks at TJMaxx today.

I think they were Carr Brothers or something like that, made in Vermont. I bought some Columbia brand socks that are US-made there this past spring. Still some things made here...

[dmallind]

14. The difference between B2B & B2C are quite striking.

I'm a manufacturing supply chain guy by profession and I just ran a quick query of material spend by country of origin. Of the $145MM we spent in the covered period $121MM was on on US origin products. New Zealand and Canada come next and get us to $140M. We spend <$1MM with any other country.

I've worked at several manufacturing places for well over 20 yrs and never yet spent less than 60% domestically, even when making/buying low value high volume components with limited regulatory oversight. (It's a bit unfair to include places where DFARS etc has made it very tricky to import, so referring to where decisions based on internal criteria).

Where I am now is my first consumer-product manufacturing employer even, where I fully understand normally imported goods are more common.

[RegieRocker]

15. That is a good business to be in due to the average American consuming

too much food.

[RKP5637]

29. LOL!!! That's also probably why the Koch Brothers are into the toilet paper business! n/t

[RegieRocker]

33. Little do they realize, unemployment will curtail American obesity.

[JPZenger]

16. It was probably made at a slave labor camp in the Marianas

Remember good ole' Tom Delay? His specialty was getting exceptions in US law so that companies in the Marianas Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean could import very cheap laborers from other countries. The companies would then be able to produce "Made in USA" products without employing any actual Americans.

[lutefisk]

19. To be super patriotic, match it up with some Made in USA toilet paper

There is plenty of that available. Soap and toothpaste and tissues, too. At least we still produce bathroom products.

:patriot:

[progressoid]

20. Well, we've lowered the wages in America far enough to make it worthwhile for manufacturers to make

them here again.

USA! USA! USA!

[BeHereNow]

22. Much of the Home Depot merchandise is made by prison labor.

The only jobs left in America are behind bars.
Average salary, if one is paid at all, $1.25- $5 and some change...

BHN

[RebelOne]

26. I need a new toilet seat, so I guess I will go to Home Depot. n/t

[a kennedy]

27. Look here for more Made in USA stuff....

and with Christmas coming..... http://www.americansworking.com/ :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Liberal_in_LA]

36. thank you for the link

[chaska]

31. We take shit seriously in America.

[tpsbmam]

32. Thanks for the info -- I need a new one of those! nt