Well I can`t say about Jay`s or Barry`s electrical issues.
I recently built a small 600 Volt 3 Phase generator plant for my shed.
The Generator is US made Baldor, the control box was manufactured in the US to my spec and the 15KVA Transformer
was manufactured in Canada to my spec.
And I only went outside Canada to the US because of price.
All of the heavy cabling was made in Canada.
Sure there are a few small things in my plant not made in Canada or the US, but to say "almost zero elec's Made In USA" is just not true.
I'm not really sure what Jay does, but I'm pretty sure he is in some kind of electrical manufacture thingy.
Although in car land. When you go to Ford to by a solenoid it comes in a red box and is made in China.
And costs 20 dollars more than the same one at Canadian Tire.