Please, PLEASE do not get the impression I am judging. Everyman has to do his own thing in his own time.

I just want to point out or remind you, if you are getting Social Security Disability, it's not being paid for by a Chinese worker...
Just so you know, I'm on Disability...
Happy New Year!
Your so right! It from money "I" Paid in. Now with that said, where do your bat's come from? And before you tell me that they aren't available made in the U.S., are you aware that the U.S. had every opportunity to purchase the mines that the Chinese now own that produce the needed lithium?
And what mods do you own? any from out side the U.S.? Humm?
The only store to shop of much of anything out in the middle of Texas where I live is Wally-World. The King of Counterfeiters. But they do it in a very sneaky way. Much of their inventory is fake. they get away with it by threatening companies that they will no longer do business with them, unless they go along.
The Pair of jeans for instance, marked with a top brand name, and given style name, are usually NOT the same jeans you would find at a department store. Only the label is the same. Not the material, nor the quality. sure you save 3-4 dollars. But in truth, the Department store version is 4-5 times the quality. The same with electronics, All clothing, tires, cutlery, you name it. And worse of all, Food!!!
It's a HUGE scam. And John Q. Public has bought it hook, line and sinker.
In electronics for instance, many times the manufactures ssn, will have a different set of numbers at the first, separating it from the same modes sold at say, Office Supply Stores. One is made in America, and one in China. One is repaireable, and one only replaceable if repair is needed. Yet Both carry the same Model Number and Name. Legal counter fitting. Plain and simple.
At least in this case, we can make our own decision, and not simply be the unwitting dupes of marketing and slip shod business practices!
Knife