Yeah, but that's slowly starting to change as foreign companies begin to eat up the territory of U.S. companies and drive the companies to actually produce better products that will outlast their competitors' products.
A prime example is the automotive industry. Toyota, Honda, Suzuki and other companies are taking territory from all of the domestic automotive companies (save for pickup trucks) as their quality outstrips that of the domestic produced vehicles. And it shows that people are willing to pay the extra dollars for a better quality product that will last them at least 15-20 years than for a product that will only last 10 years before it break down completely.
I own a toyota made in 1985 and it's still keeps goin (although it's designed badly, that's another issue).
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