I wasn't trying to dissuade the OP from buying American, I was just pointing out that you need to be aware that a frame is not a bike. I do agree that buying from an American company does support many people besides the actual builder of the frame, but you get those same benefits you mentioned from nearly all businesses that do business in the U.S.A.

Nearly every product sold in America, regardless of origin, has to be transported, warehoused, displayed, inventoried, accounted for, the list of Americans that touch these products goes on and on. Each one of these gets a "piece of the pie." Why arbitrarily limit yourself when it may not really be necessary.