Fun Fact

In a prior post we shared information about and guidelines for "Buying American."

As a follow-up "fun fact," given a choice between a product made in the U.S. and an identical one made abroad, 78% of Americans would rather buy the American product, according to a new nationally representative survey by the Consumer Reports National Research Center.

Naturally the reasons vary. The top two reasons given:

• Retaining domestic manufacturing jobs - 80%
• American-made goods were of higher quality - 60%