I was buying tools the other day to stock my mower shop and really would've liked to have bought Made In The U.S.A. but dang could'nt find many.I hate buying Chinese made because I consider most of what they make Junk.I don't know how many are old enough to remember but when I was a kid made in Japan was about the cheapest throw away junk you could buy.They got smart and figured out if they were to compete on the world stage then they better start making quality stuff.I have a Jap tractor that's 30yrs old and besides putting a new head gasket on it's almost bullitt proof.I've got a Grasshopper mower built in Moundridge Ks but the engine is Kubota.I buy my stuff from dealers that have what I need,be it big ,small or otherwise.The American worker is as hard working as the chinese worker or the mexican worker or those good folk in India etc. it's the Corporate owners that sold them out.American workers demand a higher wage because of the cost of living and because that's the American psyche.Good old Capitalism,however Capitalism on the Corporate level equals Greed and excess run amoke.good or bad that's what we have. russ
