I went shopping over the weekend for something as simple as an Espresso maker. I went to Wal-Mart and Target but to my dismay, I could not find one made in the U.S.A. I will admit that I am guilty of buying products made in other countries… usually an American company that has outsourced it’s labor force from America to the cheap, slave labor of countries such as China and Korea. I used to go into a store and see “Oh, a MR. Coffee coffee maker.” I thought that it was an American brand so …and I would buy it. Recently though I have changed my ways in shopping because I have come to realize that if we want more jobs back in the U.S.A. then we must remain adamant about only buying American made products and not rely on our President and Congress to change things. We can start changing things ourselves. I admit that sometimes it may require paying a little extra money for an item so that American may earn that living wage but in my opinion that is an investment into America that I am more than happy to make. I now find myself checking everything I buy for the “made in U.S.A.” marking somewhere on the box or packing and if it says otherwise I do NOT buy it. I will wait until I find the item I want made in America and I usually end up finding it and it is almost always better quality. I do realize that we may not be able to buy everything from America but if you can it will be worth it for our futures and our children’s futures. I also don’t want anyone to think I am bashing those stores I mentioned because I am not and I know they do sell American made products as I have purchased American products from these stores plus, those are American jobs also. As far as N.A.F.T.A. and outsourcing our jobs go, just watch those American companies come running back to America to buy factories and bring those American jobs lost over the past 15 years back to America when nobody will buy there products because they are made in China (PRC), Korea, Indonesia, etc…This isn’t even a hard or labor intensive thing to do but a simple thought process when out shopping next time, including food at the grocery store. NO MORE IMPORTS, only Made in U.S.A.
