There are different levels and degrees of greed. Most of it is a matter of personal opinion and something one must simply justify to ones self. In other words, greed is acceptable if it coincides with ones personal ethics, religion morals, etc. There is a point however where it can become obscene.Anecdotal examples and excuses are always used as excuses to justify greed and other immoral behavior.I also buy some imported products instead of American ones due to cost and more often, due to availability. I do however pay extra for American products sometimes, but there are lots of things I pay extras for just to support my country. I have never owned a pair of foreign made shoes or boots.
I suspect you are not a billionaire bragging about having $ 10 Billion striving to make even more. Nor are you a person trying to convince people how you love America and want to be President because of that love while you ignore American manufactures and make them compete with China and Mexico for the clothing you sell so you can make a larger profit. Building materials are the same. Profit can be made using American made goods, just not as much profit. Guys Trump like are just greedy. He insists on make big profits even after he has tucked away billions and has become obscenely wealthy.
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Why the heck would I pay $150 for a pair of shoes, when I can pay $45 for a perfectly good pair that's imported?
No, I'm not a billionaire, and what difference does that make?
Poor people can be smart with money, but billionaires are obligated blow money on over priced goods, in order to meet some meaningless arbitrary version of "patriotic" that no one else subscribes to?
As for ignoring manufacturing.... US manufacturing doesn't need you to pay attention to it, brother.
Manufacturing Sector: Real Output
Last year was a record year in US manufacturing. This year will likely be a record year (at the pace of production thus far).
Manufacturing is doing just fine.
Now manufacturing jobs are not doing fine. Unions have driven up wages, and benefits, so that it is no longer economical to build stuff with US labor. So those jobs are not coming back no matter what you do.
The only way you are going to get those jobs to come back, is to repeal the minimum wage, repeal the benefit laws and mandates, and cut regulations on employers. Otherwise you are trying to catch a wave on the ocean using your hands. It will slip through your fingers.
Take Apple Iphones in China. The only reason there are hundreds of full time jobs in China, is because it's economical and practical.
If you force Apple to make Iphones domestically, not only would the price go up, but it still wouldn't create hundreds of jobs. Instead of having them built by hand, they would be built by machine.
And the bottom line is, most outsourcing is done because the other option is to go out of business.
My company used to make our controller boards in house. Now they are outsourced over seas. If we didn't do that, we'd be out of business.
The idea that you know the reasons why someone somewhere did something.... is not true. You don't know. I'm sure someone looking at our company would complain "They did it for large profits!", when in reality it was either outsource or close the company.
And labeling everything everyone else does "greed" doesn't change anything that I said, or the economic reality businesses face.