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30 American Factory Complexes That Had Their Own Railroads and Power Plants

America’s Factory Years

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@ThomasLord-c3b 15 hours ago

The failure was in the American people. If they had stayed faithful to American made products, they never would have failed. Shun the foreign garbage and you keep your job. They couldn't say they were cheaper, as ours had cheaper options as well. Today, industry does not care to be loyal to the people as the people are not loyal to them. I buy usa every chance I get. Here in Michigan and Detroit in particular, I've seen the collapse first hand. When someone would complained, I'd say well why are you riding or driving that Honda, that Datsun! I'd hear it from US autoworkers. You work at ( Ford, GM or Chrysler) and your driving a Toyota!!! Almost 65 and semi retired as I can't work a normal job due to health issues, I buy local fruits and vegetables from the farms in brownstown and Romulus. My daughter and me go to the local meat shops in Detroit and downriver. We have nice private owned grocery stores in southwest Detroit. I don't shop at Walmart, Kroger and to hell with the fast food junk. When people make owning corporate operations and sellers of foreign goods to expensive to run, change happens. Prices drop, quality improves and people have jobs here. Keep sending your money to China and Japan. Not me. There are some things you can't get away from, we don't make them here. But you can knock a bunch of it out by buying American.