Walmart's MADE IN THE USA section

travis.diller

travis.diller

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This is the specifically MADE IN THE USA section of walmart. I thought it was really interesting and surprising at times to see what products ARE actually made in the good ol' USofA.

http://www.walmart.com/cp/1104053

Now I would like to hear the reactions, see if their similar to the ones on "the other site"
 
Okay, I'll play. I looked through 12 pages. With a very few exceptions (Lodge cast iron, the steel Coleman cooler), the products I saw were all disposable plastic crap, or sundries - soft soap, lotion, etc. I felt no pride that this represented American manufacturing at its finest—and I know there are fine things manufactured in the U.S. So my impression was this is just Walmart jumping on the Made in the U.S. bandwagon, rather than actually doing some risk-taking to help return us to our former status as a manufacturing leader. Cynical?
 
I agree, I really saw next to nothing that interested me. There are so many things that were once made here and were proud to say it. Unfortunately, many of them have since outsourced and tried to keep that on the hush hush. I would imaging the soaps etc are made here because shipping them would not be economical, the cost due to weight would negate having them made elsewhere. It really is a marketing ploy by wal-mart, but none the less we should all TRY to buy more American products if possible/affordable. Unfortunately price and availability keep most of us from being "All American"

http://www.americansworking.com
 
Toyota Camry is now the MOST American made car...

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/toyota-camry-tops-ford-f-150-as-the-most-american-122790558077.html

Cars with at least 75 percent domestic content are becoming an endangered species, and for the first time in the American-Made Index’s nine-year history, the list has fewer than 10 cars.
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1. Toyota Camry
2. Toyota Sienna
3. Chevrolet Traverse
4. Honda Odyssey
5. GMC Acadia
6. Buick Enclave
7. Chevrolet Corvette
The Toyota Camry took the top spot this year, as 2014’s top vehicle — the Ford F-150 — fell below 75 percent in domestic-parts content with its 2015 model-year redesign. The Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey and Chevrolet Corvette return to the list alongside GM’s three-row crossovers: the Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave. The Michigan-built SUVs were last on the AMI in 2013.
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It’s not that automakers are slowing U.S. production. If anything, the opposite is true: Excluding heavy-duty trucks and commercial vehicles, automakers assemble 101 models in this country for the 2015 model year, from Chevrolet sedans to BMW SUVs. These cars combine for the vast majority of new-car sales, and U.S. production remains on the rise.
What is shrinking is the percent of overall domestic-parts content. Five years ago, 29 cars qualified for the America-Made Index. Today it’s fewer than 10. Consider the opposing paths of U.S. auto production versus so-called “homegrown” cars:
 
travis.diller said:
I agree, I really saw next to nothing that interested me. There are so many things that were once made here and were proud to say it. Unfortunately, many of them have since outsourced and tried to keep that on the hush hush. I would imaging the soaps etc are made here because shipping them would not be economical, the cost due to weight would negate having them made elsewhere. It really is a marketing ploy by wal-mart, but none the less we should all TRY to buy more American products if possible/affordable. Unfortunately price and availability keep most of us from being "All American"

http://www.americansworking.com
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Really dig the Americans Working site. Thanks for posting it up!

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bob91yj said:
Toyota Camry is now the MOST American made car...

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/toyota-camry-tops-ford-f-150-as-the-most-american-122790558077.html

Cars with at least 75 percent domestic content are becoming an endangered species, and for the first time in the American-Made Index’s nine-year history, the list has fewer than 10 cars.
ac830cac69774b87fdf44c3a17021fbc62978f86.jpg

1. Toyota Camry
2. Toyota Sienna
3. Chevrolet Traverse
4. Honda Odyssey
5. GMC Acadia
6. Buick Enclave
7. Chevrolet Corvette
The Toyota Camry took the top spot this year, as 2014’s top vehicle — the Ford F-150 — fell below 75 percent in domestic-parts content with its 2015 model-year redesign. The Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey and Chevrolet Corvette return to the list alongside GM’s three-row crossovers: the Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave. The Michigan-built SUVs were last on the AMI in 2013.
6bc240882b67706ca8b58f57321603dadc2a8171.jpg

It’s not that automakers are slowing U.S. production. If anything, the opposite is true: Excluding heavy-duty trucks and commercial vehicles, automakers assemble 101 models in this country for the 2015 model year, from Chevrolet sedans to BMW SUVs. These cars combine for the vast majority of new-car sales, and U.S. production remains on the rise.
What is shrinking is the percent of overall domestic-parts content. Five years ago, 29 cars qualified for the America-Made Index. Today it’s fewer than 10. Consider the opposing paths of U.S. auto production versus so-called “homegrown” cars:
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NAFTA has played a big role in this. You'll find a majority of American automakers are building cars/products in Canada/Mexico where labor is MUCH cheaper. Case in point: While I was in Mexico City a few weeks ago, we took a day trip to Puebla (about 2-2.5 hours from Mexico City) and we had a friend who is a tour guide who joined us. He was telling us how many new car plants have opened in that region over the past few years. He said, in total, there were about 29 plants now versus only a few 20 years ago.
 
OutdoorX4 said:
NAFTA has played a big role in this. You'll find a majority of American automakers are building cars/products in Canada/Mexico where labor is MUCH cheaper.
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Not just NAFTA, the AFL-CIO had a big part to play in that as well. Look at the WD rate for 23470 - Laborer in Wayne Michigan at $16.69 and in Northern VA where the same 23470 - Laborer gets $14.98. The cost of living in DC Metro is more than double that of Detroit so common sense would tell you they should make more here but the Unions in Detroit pushed that rate up and the work out.

In case you were wondering here is the first sentence of the job description of 23470 - Laborer from the DOL website "Performs tasks which require mainly physical abilities and effort involving little or no specialized skill or prior work experience."
 
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