[quote=nostradamus][quote=jpinpb]Ahem… with the way our economy is, now would be a good time to be patriotic and buy American, or at least not Chinese.[/quote]
I’m not so sure about that. I don’t want lots of money to be kept in America. I want it to go away. The dollar may be stronger this way. We can either flood the US with dollars or we can spread them around the world. I don’t know if this makes sense.

American companies will do whatever it takes to increase their profit margin, I understand this and don’t feel any particular favoritism/loyalty/patriotism or whatever. This is all marketing to emotions.

Foreign products are levied with taxes and tariffs and are still able to compete here. Von’s wouldn’t sell them if they didn’t get any profit from it.

Anyhow, it’s a worthwhile experiment, I just don’t think the outcome will be as you expect.[/quote]

Modifying buying habits to make your neighbors unemployed may not be the best idea to keep the currency strong. The strength of a currency is directly related to the ability of a country to pay it back. Besides you make enough people unemployed they will come after your money, one way or another

It’s not about patriotism is about pragmatism. Keep the people secure around you and you will be secure.