Business & Tech

Do You Try to Buy American?

It doesn't get more Made in America in spirit than the United Auto Workers union building at the edge of the former GM lot in Sleepy Hollow. 

However, the operative word there is "former." 

The building has been for sale, and just when the for-sale sign disappeared recently and I thought they had a buyer, a new broker's sign suddenly appeared.

Try as I might to buy American-made goods, they can often be prohibitively expensive or, simply, hard to come by in a market that's so heavily shipped from China. Or if it appears to be made here, it might only be assembled here with parts made elsewhere. (Apple products caught some flack for this.)

A young Sleepy Hollow entrepreneur, when trying to get his goods made in America for the new street bocce game he was creating, told me it just wasn't possible. He couldn't find a firm capable of fabricating what he needed and found himself making a deal in China.

Meanwhile, here's a profile of Tarrytown Honda dealership's owner Dwight Dachnowicz, who clearly leans to Japan. 

Do you try to buy American, and do you succeed? Do you drive an American car? Share below.



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