Dave Balderstone wrote:

And, in fact, I did not express any indication that I support
buying local or do not support buying local, so I don't understand
how or why Mr. Barta would use his points in an argument against
what I actually said.

It would seem you are correct. I jumped to an erroneous conclusion.

A thousand apologies.

For the record, if I may ask you a pointed question, do you often and
with a clean concience buy goods that you know to be made in China?

Joe Barta