Peter Wiley wrote:
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Maxprop wrote:


"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
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So - tell me why you own a French yacht when there are so many more
expensive and inferior US made ones available.


She bought her boat used, Pete. It was the best boat available in her price
range at the time.


Oh, I don't doubt it. Point is, tho, that Katy coulda bought a new US
made boat for a higher price and thereby supported US industry. It
might have been a smaller boat, or a worse equipped boat, or whatever,
of course.

So - what's the difference with foodstuffs? Why insist that people have
to buy US grown produce instead of cheaper imported produce, when the
same logic isn't applied to other items - like boats.

That's my point.

PDW

No, we couldn't and wouldn't have bought a new boat for any reason
at all. Buying a new boat is stupid....the bugs haven't been worked
out of it, it's under-equipped, and usually has the factory
installed acoutrements, generally of a poorer quality than those
installed at a later date by the owner when he wants to upgrade.
Also, once it leaves the factory and is dumped in the slip, the
value drops dramatically. The other point is that Kirie
manufactured Elite's in the US...ours was a prototype from France,
but the company did invest here and employed American citizens. An
investment in this country is necessary for trade relations to be on
par.