Made in USA

I have never seen riots or protests over lack of food in the USA in my lifetime.  I lived and worked in Europe for a few years and saw poverty and begging- especially the disabled there.  Society’s first priority is to care for the children and the helpless.  Next, is to police crime and protect its citizens.  And lastly, temper greed and unfair treatment of others.  We will always have a social strata.  The wealthy are needed to take risks and stimulate the economy to create jobs.  The ideal is when everyone can contribute to society in their own way according to their skills, talents and abilities.  What a waste when people are paid not to contribute.  It is also a weight on the spirit.

If only I could carry a football, perhaps I would not have had to spend my career working in a factory.

I work to get the best audio gear I can afford.  I am especially glad when that gear is made in the USA.  My tonearm (UK), my DAC and CD Transport (Austria), my AQ power conditioner (China), Keces power supply, and my new LHY Network Bridge (China) are the only things not made, ie. assembled in the USA.  Oh, tubes came from Russia.

@tonywinga 

"What a waste when people are paid not to contribute."

it is a really poorly designed system, and there is a better one, it's called socialism. 

👍 + 100%

I’ve been to socialist countries.  No thanks.

You probably mean Communist countries. That’s different. I grew up in one.
I was thinking Sweden and Germany and the likes. Where you don’t have to bring sharpies and curtains to the school to have a functioning classroom as the government takes care of it from your taxes. You also don’t have to give money to charities and the homeless because the government and NGOs take care of them.