Wandering around the web this ayem, I came across a nifty website for people who want to buy American! You can search online for Made-in-USA items in such diverse categories as Art, Automotive, Bicycles, Books, Business, Camping, Clothing, Collectibles, Computers, Crafts, Education, Electronics, Food, Gifts, Hardware, Health, Hobbies, Home, Industrial, Kids, Kitchen, Music, Pets, Services, Sports, Tools, Toys, Women, Miscellaneous.
I checked out bicycles just for fun, and the category includes not only bicycles themselves but also bike products and services.
If you can get past the "patriot" b.s., you can actually find stuff you need and want to buy that's made right here in the U.S. of A. If your company makes something here in the US, you can submit your website, too.
Just sayin......
*Caution* I've been looking through all the categories, and I'm finding lots of right-wing stuff. Check out "Education" and tell me what you think. I may take this down.
Sounds like a plan -- I rarely shop at the Evil Empire because everything is made in China. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteRemember when WalkMart (then Walk-Mart) had a big ad campaign about all of their Made in the USA merchandise? That must not have sold to the public because it wasn't long until nearly everything they sold was Made in China. We complain about Obama not being strong enough; but, we consumers haven't done much better in buying American than he has done in pushing the agenda for which he was elected. We humans are a sad lot. *sigh*
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Kay: I haven't set foot in WalMart since I left Iowa (1989). Couldn't stand it then for simple aesthetic reasons (too damn crowded with STUFF), and most of it was out of reach for a mid-size person like me (5'6"). Now it seems like the epitome of all that's wrong with our society.
ReplyDeleteCC: I guess they did say it was all made in America. How they did that with a straight face, I dunno. My guess is they counted on not having READERS among their customers. Do they still hire old crocks (Tea Party members only?) to welcome shoppers?
The prob is not that stuff we buy is not made here. The prob is that the places where the stuff is made have sweat shop regs, like NY circa 1900. Kids work. All hours. For nothing. Of course China apparently has installed nets around the tops of buildings to slow the suicides--so I guess there's some improvement.
ReplyDeleteIf our trade agreements were properly crafted, it would be a joy to buy stuff made overseas, and there would be less of it, because stuff made here in America would be comparatively cheap.
Another political tragedy of our times.
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Car, I like your comment. I'm not in favor of only buying stuff made in the USA. I live in one area of the world, so I want to buy and sell all over the place, but you're right about supporting slave labor in places where no one cares. Guess I'll go for global police! The D.N.
ReplyDeleteCat & DN: The whole impetus behind the "Buy USA" notion is spending our money locally so the people we live with can enjoy its use. Kay of Kay's Thinking Cap, an Ohio resident, understands the horror when whole industries are lost to cheap labor overseas, leaving nothing at home to provide jobs and salaries for her townspeople. It's not about you and me and where or what we buy. It's about doing unto others as we would have them do unto us. That's the whole thing that's been thrown into the trash these days.
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