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Old Sep 7, 2025 | 11:25 AM
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I buy American Made whenever possible...Thanks
yes I hear the Blab about "made by Dyna".. I call BS...Ask Dyna!!!!
well don't like many ultima products but that ignition is off the hook you put one on you not taking it off
 
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Old Sep 7, 2025 | 11:29 AM
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well don't like many ultima products but that ignition is off the hook you put one on you not taking it off
They do work well..
You got to understand one thing about Racepres, he's stuck in the last century...
 
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Old Sep 7, 2025 | 11:43 AM
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They do work well..
You got to understand one thing about Racepres, he's stuck in the last century...
True Dat!! But..Our country bout went to Hell, kissin Chiwanese asses!!!
 
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True Dat!! But..Our country bout went to Hell, kissin Chiwanese asses!!!
Not Gonna argue that......
 
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Old Sep 7, 2025 | 05:18 PM
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True Dat!! But..Our country bout went to Hell, kissin Chiwanese asses!!!
Not true, your USA brands outsourced their manufacturing, so that they could make more profit from you...remember that nobody forced the outsourcing but US-based CEO's and FO's.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2025 | 07:34 AM
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^^^ True Dat ...also
 
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Old Sep 8, 2025 | 08:48 AM
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Not true, your USA brands outsourced their manufacturing, so that they could make more profit from you...remember that nobody forced the outsourcing but US-based CEO's and FO's.
didn't think about that LOL they wanted cheaper labor oh well there's two sides to everything
 
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Old Sep 8, 2025 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Spanners39
Not true, your USA brands outsourced their manufacturing, so that they could make more profit from you...remember that nobody forced the outsourcing but US-based CEO's and FO's.
They also had a little help from our gov't that taxed the **** out of our own companies.....the rest of the story.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2025 | 05:26 PM
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They also had a little help from our gov't that taxed the **** out of our own companies.....the rest of the story.
Yup, your own people did this to you, it has happened in pretty much every country in the world and quality has suffered every time. Yesterday I bought some screws with a #2 square drive, from an Australian company, but I had to return them as they didn't fit a #2 square drive....they didn't fit any square drive in the store....guess where these screws are now made??
 
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Originally Posted by Spanners39
Yup, your own people did this to you, it has happened in pretty much every country in the world and quality has suffered every time. Yesterday I bought some screws with a #2 square drive, from an Australian company, but I had to return them as they didn't fit a #2 square drive....they didn't fit any square drive in the store....guess where these screws are now made??
My point being, most of us here are old enough to have watched much our manufacturing jobs leave to countries like China. While some called it "corporate greed" or blamed it on higher salaried American workers, our own gov't. was taxing our corporations at 35% (until 2017) while China taxed theirs at much lower rates. High and New Technology Enterprises are taxed at 15% and Software and Integrated Circuit (IC) companies are taxed at 10%. I used China as an example because that's the biggest elephant in the room.
 
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