BUY AMERICAN (avoid that made in China)

[CA renter]

Thanks for posting this, jp. Couldn’t agree more.

As others have said, it’s VERY difficult to find things made in the USA. We’ve been trying to do this for years, and sometimes you literally don’t have a viable option.

We do most of our shopping at Jimbo’s because of health reasons, and because we want to support our local growers and businesses.

We also got rid of our foreign-made dishware and bought these:

http://www.macys.com/catalog/index.ognc?CategoryID=28954&PageID=28954&cm_guid=1-_-100000000000233684335-_-3639592728&cm_mmc=Google_Home_Main-_-Dinnerware+-+Fiesta_Fiesta-_-3639592728_Exact-_-fiesta+ware%7C-%7C100000000000233684335

Made in the USA, guaranteed lead-free, and my MIL has some that have lasted many, many decades without so much as a chip in them. Macy’s often has them on sale where you can get them for a very affordable price. Unfortunately, their flatware is NOT made in the USA, and it’s obvious — the handles sometimes become loose, etc.
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And for those who think we will suffer if we start buying American-made products, we’ve been a net importer for some time now. It doesn’t matter if US companies make money overseas because it’s not returned here **to the workers.** Any profits are either reinvested there, or come back in the form of executive compensation or investment returns. Most, if not all of this money, will simply be reinvested where it’s expected to earn a return.

The most important form of money is wages, because when people spend it, there is no debt/return-offset. It is literally released into the economy, free of any encumberances, to be used for buying goods/services or for debt-free investing.

[jpinpb]

Please, I ask that no one interpret this thread I posted as me personally against China or prejudice, b/c I am not. Right now I just think given our economy and loss of jobs that it would be best to try to buy American. I think of it as preservation. Now, I don’t necessarily care whether it’s China, Russia, or the planet Mars.

However, at this moment in history China is pervasive throughout the world producing cheap crap that everyone buys and becoming a very strong economy at the suffering of others, including us. So hence, easy focus.

And I am not even blaming them, necessarily. I mean, here we are, American economy suffering at the hands of other countries’ economy, and we still want to buy their stuff. (yes – I know we brought it on ourselves – another topic for another thread)

When it comes right down to it, we are the ones w/the choice and rather than complain, we can just not buy it.

In the end, no one wants to work for cheap, yet many just want to buy cheap.

Anyway, it was an email and I thought for a month, it would be an experiment to try. Curious what the impact would be. I think it would be difficult.

In coming up w/my list, everyday items made here were hard to think of, other than, of course, food. We have a lot of American companies and ingeniuty, but all farmed out.

Edit:

Thought of one more for those of you w/kids.
OshKosh B’Gosh. Though no longer made in WI, sold to Carter’s, but I believe still made in U.S.A.

Doing some more checking, Vans is no longer manufactured in CA. Outsourced to Asia. Same w/Converse, no longer made in USA

[jpinpb]

Please, I ask that no one interpret this thread I posted as me personally against China or prejudice, b/c I am not. Right now I just think given our economy and loss of jobs that it would be best to try to buy American. I think of it as preservation. Now, I don’t necessarily care whether it’s China, Russia, or the planet Mars.

However, at this moment in history China is pervasive throughout the world producing cheap crap that everyone buys and becoming a very strong economy at the suffering of others, including us. So hence, easy focus.

And I am not even blaming them, necessarily. I mean, here we are, American economy suffering at the hands of other countries’ economy, and we still want to buy their stuff. (yes – I know we brought it on ourselves – another topic for another thread)

When it comes right down to it, we are the ones w/the choice and rather than complain, we can just not buy it.

In the end, no one wants to work for cheap, yet many just want to buy cheap.

Anyway, it was an email and I thought for a month, it would be an experiment to try. Curious what the impact would be. I think it would be difficult.

In coming up w/my list, everyday items made here were hard to think of, other than, of course, food. We have a lot of American companies and ingeniuty, but all farmed out.

Edit:

Thought of one more for those of you w/kids.
OshKosh B’Gosh. Though no longer made in WI, sold to Carter’s, but I believe still made in U.S.A.

Doing some more checking, Vans is no longer manufactured in CA. Outsourced to Asia. Same w/Converse, no longer made in USA

[jpinpb]

Please, I ask that no one interpret this thread I posted as me personally against China or prejudice, b/c I am not. Right now I just think given our economy and loss of jobs that it would be best to try to buy American. I think of it as preservation. Now, I don’t necessarily care whether it’s China, Russia, or the planet Mars.

However, at this moment in history China is pervasive throughout the world producing cheap crap that everyone buys and becoming a very strong economy at the suffering of others, including us. So hence, easy focus.

And I am not even blaming them, necessarily. I mean, here we are, American economy suffering at the hands of other countries’ economy, and we still want to buy their stuff. (yes – I know we brought it on ourselves – another topic for another thread)

When it comes right down to it, we are the ones w/the choice and rather than complain, we can just not buy it.

In the end, no one wants to work for cheap, yet many just want to buy cheap.

Anyway, it was an email and I thought for a month, it would be an experiment to try. Curious what the impact would be. I think it would be difficult.

In coming up w/my list, everyday items made here were hard to think of, other than, of course, food. We have a lot of American companies and ingeniuty, but all farmed out.

Edit:

Thought of one more for those of you w/kids.
OshKosh B’Gosh. Though no longer made in WI, sold to Carter’s, but I believe still made in U.S.A.

Doing some more checking, Vans is no longer manufactured in CA. Outsourced to Asia. Same w/Converse, no longer made in USA

[jpinpb]

Please, I ask that no one interpret this thread I posted as me personally against China or prejudice, b/c I am not. Right now I just think given our economy and loss of jobs that it would be best to try to buy American. I think of it as preservation. Now, I don’t necessarily care whether it’s China, Russia, or the planet Mars.

However, at this moment in history China is pervasive throughout the world producing cheap crap that everyone buys and becoming a very strong economy at the suffering of others, including us. So hence, easy focus.

And I am not even blaming them, necessarily. I mean, here we are, American economy suffering at the hands of other countries’ economy, and we still want to buy their stuff. (yes – I know we brought it on ourselves – another topic for another thread)

When it comes right down to it, we are the ones w/the choice and rather than complain, we can just not buy it.

In the end, no one wants to work for cheap, yet many just want to buy cheap.

Anyway, it was an email and I thought for a month, it would be an experiment to try. Curious what the impact would be. I think it would be difficult.

In coming up w/my list, everyday items made here were hard to think of, other than, of course, food. We have a lot of American companies and ingeniuty, but all farmed out.

Edit:

Thought of one more for those of you w/kids.
OshKosh B’Gosh. Though no longer made in WI, sold to Carter’s, but I believe still made in U.S.A.

Doing some more checking, Vans is no longer manufactured in CA. Outsourced to Asia. Same w/Converse, no longer made in USA

[jpinpb]

Please, I ask that no one interpret this thread I posted as me personally against China or prejudice, b/c I am not. Right now I just think given our economy and loss of jobs that it would be best to try to buy American. I think of it as preservation. Now, I don’t necessarily care whether it’s China, Russia, or the planet Mars.

However, at this moment in history China is pervasive throughout the world producing cheap crap that everyone buys and becoming a very strong economy at the suffering of others, including us. So hence, easy focus.

And I am not even blaming them, necessarily. I mean, here we are, American economy suffering at the hands of other countries’ economy, and we still want to buy their stuff. (yes – I know we brought it on ourselves – another topic for another thread)

When it comes right down to it, we are the ones w/the choice and rather than complain, we can just not buy it.

In the end, no one wants to work for cheap, yet many just want to buy cheap.

Anyway, it was an email and I thought for a month, it would be an experiment to try. Curious what the impact would be. I think it would be difficult.

In coming up w/my list, everyday items made here were hard to think of, other than, of course, food. We have a lot of American companies and ingeniuty, but all farmed out.

Edit:

Thought of one more for those of you w/kids.
OshKosh B’Gosh. Though no longer made in WI, sold to Carter’s, but I believe still made in U.S.A.

Doing some more checking, Vans is no longer manufactured in CA. Outsourced to Asia. Same w/Converse, no longer made in USA

[patientrenter]

jpnpb, it’s obvious from your postings that you’re an honest and decent stand-up person, so I intend no offense.

But I think it’s all too easy for even civilized people to drift into disparaging or damaging others for bad reasons. What’s a bad reason? Being foreign, or of a different religion or skin tone, or other ways completely incidental to what those other people do to or for us.

I personally recommend steering clear of calls to support my tribe against the other tribes. I’ll support my immediate family, and I’ll support the safety of my countrymen, but I draw a line at supporting my countrymen’s right to get more for doing less than people elsewhere, all at my expense. It doesn’t work for me selfishly, and it ends up not working for mankind in general.

Now I totally support exhortations to my fellow countrymen to work harder, and do more of what other people want, and less of they want for themselves. If you want an economy that’s more self-sufficient, that’s a good way to go about it. As someone else mentioned, instead of steering people into buying American goods because they are American, even when they are worse, steer people into making goods and services that are better than what foreigners offer, and offer better value. Then the foreigners win too because they can buy that stuff from us. Better world.

[patientrenter]

jpnpb, it’s obvious from your postings that you’re an honest and decent stand-up person, so I intend no offense.

But I think it’s all too easy for even civilized people to drift into disparaging or damaging others for bad reasons. What’s a bad reason? Being foreign, or of a different religion or skin tone, or other ways completely incidental to what those other people do to or for us.

I personally recommend steering clear of calls to support my tribe against the other tribes. I’ll support my immediate family, and I’ll support the safety of my countrymen, but I draw a line at supporting my countrymen’s right to get more for doing less than people elsewhere, all at my expense. It doesn’t work for me selfishly, and it ends up not working for mankind in general.

Now I totally support exhortations to my fellow countrymen to work harder, and do more of what other people want, and less of they want for themselves. If you want an economy that’s more self-sufficient, that’s a good way to go about it. As someone else mentioned, instead of steering people into buying American goods because they are American, even when they are worse, steer people into making goods and services that are better than what foreigners offer, and offer better value. Then the foreigners win too because they can buy that stuff from us. Better world.

[patientrenter]

jpnpb, it’s obvious from your postings that you’re an honest and decent stand-up person, so I intend no offense.

But I think it’s all too easy for even civilized people to drift into disparaging or damaging others for bad reasons. What’s a bad reason? Being foreign, or of a different religion or skin tone, or other ways completely incidental to what those other people do to or for us.

I personally recommend steering clear of calls to support my tribe against the other tribes. I’ll support my immediate family, and I’ll support the safety of my countrymen, but I draw a line at supporting my countrymen’s right to get more for doing less than people elsewhere, all at my expense. It doesn’t work for me selfishly, and it ends up not working for mankind in general.

Now I totally support exhortations to my fellow countrymen to work harder, and do more of what other people want, and less of they want for themselves. If you want an economy that’s more self-sufficient, that’s a good way to go about it. As someone else mentioned, instead of steering people into buying American goods because they are American, even when they are worse, steer people into making goods and services that are better than what foreigners offer, and offer better value. Then the foreigners win too because they can buy that stuff from us. Better world.

[patientrenter]

jpnpb, it’s obvious from your postings that you’re an honest and decent stand-up person, so I intend no offense.

But I think it’s all too easy for even civilized people to drift into disparaging or damaging others for bad reasons. What’s a bad reason? Being foreign, or of a different religion or skin tone, or other ways completely incidental to what those other people do to or for us.

I personally recommend steering clear of calls to support my tribe against the other tribes. I’ll support my immediate family, and I’ll support the safety of my countrymen, but I draw a line at supporting my countrymen’s right to get more for doing less than people elsewhere, all at my expense. It doesn’t work for me selfishly, and it ends up not working for mankind in general.

Now I totally support exhortations to my fellow countrymen to work harder, and do more of what other people want, and less of they want for themselves. If you want an economy that’s more self-sufficient, that’s a good way to go about it. As someone else mentioned, instead of steering people into buying American goods because they are American, even when they are worse, steer people into making goods and services that are better than what foreigners offer, and offer better value. Then the foreigners win too because they can buy that stuff from us. Better world.

[patientrenter]

jpnpb, it’s obvious from your postings that you’re an honest and decent stand-up person, so I intend no offense.

But I think it’s all too easy for even civilized people to drift into disparaging or damaging others for bad reasons. What’s a bad reason? Being foreign, or of a different religion or skin tone, or other ways completely incidental to what those other people do to or for us.

I personally recommend steering clear of calls to support my tribe against the other tribes. I’ll support my immediate family, and I’ll support the safety of my countrymen, but I draw a line at supporting my countrymen’s right to get more for doing less than people elsewhere, all at my expense. It doesn’t work for me selfishly, and it ends up not working for mankind in general.

Now I totally support exhortations to my fellow countrymen to work harder, and do more of what other people want, and less of they want for themselves. If you want an economy that’s more self-sufficient, that’s a good way to go about it. As someone else mentioned, instead of steering people into buying American goods because they are American, even when they are worse, steer people into making goods and services that are better than what foreigners offer, and offer better value. Then the foreigners win too because they can buy that stuff from us. Better world.

[desmond]

FOR EXAMPLE THE” OUR FAMILY” BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN “FROM CHINA” .

Mandarin oranges? Great example. Where did Mandarin Oranges originate? China. Go ahead and buy some American knockoffs. Just kidding, but come up with a better example like “I tried to buy some VG donuts at VG’s but they only had imported Rice Cakes!

[desmond]

FOR EXAMPLE THE” OUR FAMILY” BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN “FROM CHINA” .

Mandarin oranges? Great example. Where did Mandarin Oranges originate? China. Go ahead and buy some American knockoffs. Just kidding, but come up with a better example like “I tried to buy some VG donuts at VG’s but they only had imported Rice Cakes!

[desmond]

FOR EXAMPLE THE” OUR FAMILY” BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN “FROM CHINA” .

Mandarin oranges? Great example. Where did Mandarin Oranges originate? China. Go ahead and buy some American knockoffs. Just kidding, but come up with a better example like “I tried to buy some VG donuts at VG’s but they only had imported Rice Cakes!

[desmond]

FOR EXAMPLE THE” OUR FAMILY” BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN “FROM CHINA” .

Mandarin oranges? Great example. Where did Mandarin Oranges originate? China. Go ahead and buy some American knockoffs. Just kidding, but come up with a better example like “I tried to buy some VG donuts at VG’s but they only had imported Rice Cakes!

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