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"Our" tax dollars are spent on all kinds of things I don't approve of. But since not ALL people will ever agree on what "our" tax dollars should be spent on there will always be those who don't like something about the way "our" tax dollars are being spent.

What is even worse is that the Fed sends out bids for these products and it often costs more for a product than it would if they picked up a phone and ordered one. Remember the $25 toilet plunger? Just a prime example of our government waste at work.

Well, your example leaves something to be desired. Being an Information Technology professional, I have to say something.

Now, I agree with alot of what you say, however, to say that MPCs quality is on par with Dell is a joke at best. Dell's quality isn't spectacular, but at least with Dell, you get what you pay for and you can pretty much bet that the PC is going to last at least 5 years.

The fact that MPC has bought Gateway is no feather in their cap, as Gateway, since it's inception, has produced some of the poorest quality computers ever made. If this purchase was meant to "upgrade" MPC, they sorely missed the boat.

If you purely want quality, HP is the way to go for PCs these days. If you want bang for your buck either A) Buy the parts and assemble yourself, or B) Buy a Dell.

Sorry, that's just the way it is. No offense, but the government squanders enough of our money. Using Dell is smart, from a business perspective.

This isn't about a "Business Perspective", its about spending our money on American made products. I agree that MPC didn't put a feather in their cap by the aqusition of Dell because that wasn't their plan. Their plan was to take a sub-par PC manufacturing company and begin making them better under the MPC name. As Americans and tax payers we should be adoment about having out tax money being spent by government agencies spend their money on American made ONLY products. Stop supporting these American based companies who outsorce their labor to countries who use their workers as slaves for pennies a day. Invest in this country, invest in our technology so American made technology is second best to none, invest in today and the future of this country. "Business Perspective"? You can dump that right out the window unless your all about screwing American workers and selling out this country to cheap foreign labor with our tax money. From a business standpoint or a personal one, I would rather spend the extra money to have American products. I work for the Fed Gov't so I know my job is safe regardless but you...keep buying those deals that Dell sells and maybe someday soon your job with go to someone from Singapore insourced or outsourced!

Tis unfortunant, but it seems as though the majority of American products really arn't American made, the consumer is only led to belive they are american made, where actually maybe only one part of the assembly process is conducted in the US so that a made in the USA sticker can be placed on them. So my question to you, how can the buyer beware when there is such under handed manufactures out there?