jpinpb wrote:A few good

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[quote=jpinpb]A few good things I think we make:

Craftsman tools
Bose
F-16s
Harley Davidsons
Bell helicopters
Sikorsky helicopters
Boeing jets
Ford trucks (they are good)
General Electric turbine engines
Viking appliances
Wolfe appliances
John Deere tractors
Caterpillar diesel engines
Jenn-Air
Calloway
Oakley glasses[/quote]

Adding to this list:

Optics
Boats (long list here…)
Airstream Trailers
Cadillac CTS-V (beats BMW, Mercedes)

But I agree often American made = higher end.

For example: A chinese made 12″ Dobsonian telescope can be had for about $700-800 dollars, whereas the American made counterpart starts at about $3300.

The Chinese made optics are generally of good to excellent quality; and if your on a budget it gets hard to justify the extra $2000 or more for the American made optics.