> I can happily say that my mountain bike was made in America It's a common sentiment, but it's also presumes things that I don't necessarily agree with and th

> I can happily say that my mountain bike was made in America It's a common sentiment, but it's also presumes things that I don't necessarily agree with and that certainly many other HN readers who are outside the U.S. wouldn't agree with. I want people in the U.S. to have good jobs, and I want the same for the people in China and Taiwan. If they all trade with each other, each doing what they do best, there are more jobs, more wealth, and better products. Better to have Italian wine and German manufacturing than to have each country try to do both (speaking very generally for purposes of illustration; obviously there is German wine and Italian manufacturing). Also, bicycle manufacturing is not a high-paying job; I'd think everyone would want to have a better job and let people in another place, where bicycle manufacturing would be an improvement, have the low-paying ones.