Tango Yankee
Call Me a Cab
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- Lucasville, OH
I'd need to be a hell of a lot better off to be able to afford to buy American.... fortunately there are equivalent or better quality items available here much more cheaply. When it comes to locally made goods, I don't care to spend more than I can afford to "support" the country in which I live.
Heck, Edward, when I lived in England I couldn't see how my neighbors could afford to live in their own country! To my eyes it seemed that everything was priced similarly to the US, but with the £ instead of the $ in front of it. That would be OK, but for the exchange rate difference that meant the price was 150% or more higher than I'd pay for the same thing in the US or on base. We military were lucky in that we had the Base Exchange and the Commissary for most of our shopping. I did pop into the local shops in my village as well, though.
Regards,
Tom