If You Really Love Your Country, Then Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is....

The US has outsourced too many things and we are going bankrupt. We need to keep our money at home for a change. We need to get rid of an idiot president who is doing his best to bankrupt us. We cannot seem to stop him, so until we can vote him out of office, we need to do everything we can to stabalize our economy. Buying American is one way. I take it you are not American and therefore do not care....

The thought is not to stop world trade but to give a boost to local economies. Areas with dwindling jobs such as where I am could use for the people to buy local produce, meats, crafts and clothing. If we can all just spend 25% more on local items we can bolster up our own local areas creating jobs and businesses which will in turn grow and help the national economy. Chain effect my friend. World trade is good for items we cannot get here but there are plenty we do not need to get else where.

i do care....but i am not american. i feel your point is not just US based but any country based. i agree you have a fake president....but we in the UK have a fake PM. personally i can think back to the mid 90's when either of us had a decent leader....but perhaps you may disagree so i will say no more! lol! politics and business go hand in hand and stink of corruption. i think nothing we do will alter that....but i would love to be proved wrong.

It is your country...I would expect nothing less. Of course you love your country. I hope that they are not selling the same products to their own people that they are selling to us. I hope that they have not killed your babies with poisons in the baby formula. I hope that they have not put fake Heparin in the medicine for your dialysis patients and killed your people too. This is what I hope for you.

I am thinking specifically of China...If you have been keeping up with the news for the past few years it seem that they have been systematically trying to knock off first our children, then our pets and now our sick and elderly. They substitute cheap imitation products in food and medicines to save money that has killed or sickened infants, dialysis patients, the elderly, and our pets. They are still using lead base paints on toys and other products. When are we going to learn? Easter this year was brought to you christians totally by china...did anyone bother to check?

btw, does "buy American" mean buying a Toyota made in Tennessee, or a Chevy made in Mexico?

Ok, so you are ok with money being taken out of the US economy, and being sent overseas, but you resent money coming from overseas to our economy? What do you think happens when US companies keep their corporate headquarters and operations here, but move the production jobs overseas? Yes, the production and lower management jobs go to people in those countries, but all but the operating costs come back to the US. Then the companies spend and invest the money here... investors make money from their stocks here. On the other hand, when foreign companies build factories and other facilities here, it does help the local economy because of the jobs. However, the bulk of the money goes back to whatever nation hosts the headquarters.. and it spent and invested there. Why stay and fight a costly (and mostly fruitless) battle? Both parties have made it pretty clear that they don't care. Even the rhetoric of the left has remained silent while Government and Union owned GM continues to keep jobs overseas.. and creates even more.. while creating few here. If the UAW isn't even interested in bringing jobs back to the US.. what chance is there?

Funny, Actually, foreign companies that set up factories here should be applauded. I feel very bad for Japan right now. They have been very good for the US by employing our people and now they cannot supply us with parts and it is upsetting them. It is when our companies move offshore that I get upset. It the corporate taxes are causing them problems, they should stay and fight against them!!!

I"m a computer tech and I do a lot of system building. I honestly don't think it's possible to build a computer with all American parts. I do enjoy mocking Mac users who claim that their computers are American and made of "Mac parts". I politely inform them that Macs are made with Foxconn motherboards. Foxconn motherboards are built in sweatshops in China. Most PCs use motherboards made in Taiwan, as you said, or Korea. If you really do buy only American, you'll have to leave computers behind.

Adoniah if people around the world only bought from their own countries you would see a price increase across the board in the United States because American Companies could increase their prices as their would be less supply for Product X. So having Product X or Solution X be manufactured by many different companies is why we have prices lower than they would be other wise the market through companies trying to get your dollar have brought the price down. Also some food for thought even if it is Made in America like if you purchased lets say a Computer from a local computer shop you did just purchase parts that came from other parts of the world. Like I said Intel Chips and AMD Chips are made in other parts of the world. Also not all of our manufacturing Jobs are going away we still have some pretty big manufactures in the Semiconductor area. Also we have some Industries that are pretty much solely producing products in the United States.

There is the problem in black and white...the reason our economy is going down the tubes it that we no longer produce anything anymore. We are a welfare society. All of our manufactures have moved offshore because the corporate taxes and fees have gotten so high that they cannot stay here. It is not really the salaries that are the problem as much as the Gov. restrictions. I do put my money where my mouth is...I have not eaten a hershey's product since they moved their corporate offices to mexico. I do turn over every item and check were it is made before I buy it and if it is from china, I do not buy it. If I absolutely need it, I will buy it if it is from Europe. There are stores where I live where they sell nothing but products made in china. These are not cheap stores. These are very expensive stores. The people who shop there could afford to buy American.

I think the government forgets that the corporations employ people and do not horde their profits into a big safe ala Scrooge Macduck. If the corporate tax would be lowered or eliminated, more would stay in America and I am also talking about Canada. We have the same problem and it is getting worse. I remember when I went into my favorite dress shop and bought a dress that I supposed to be washable and it ran. It was made in India and also having to soak material in salt water because not being made in Canada or the States, but in places like China where they were not careful of checking before they imported it, it would run. And do not let me tell you about the shoes.

Our major problem is that the last two administrations have taxed corporations to the point that they are moving offshore in droves. I really cannot blame them except for the fact that they have not fought back at all. If they had fought the taxes, then maybe we would not be in the aweful shape that we are in now. It is not really the wages that cause the problem...it is the corporate taxes that is causeing our problems.

It does not balance out because all of that money stays in their country. Check out the legal agreement with china and McDonalds...Check out all of the agreements with our companies and china. They all say the same thing...the money stays in china.

Then why are we borrowing money from THEM?

That is why I boycott Hershey and will never own a GM vehicle. I am in the process of searching out other companies. When I compile a big enough list I will post that too.

I no longer shop at Walmart, because they exploit children too.

Good...I like that word "Swadeshi"!

Good keep it up...If you cannot afford it you do not need it. Also do not use your credit cards...Every time you use your credit card it goes into a data bank and someone sells your info. That is how you get adds on your computer, in your mailbox and over the phone.

I admire your dedication to this!! Yikes..no credit cards?? I try to pay off my balances every month..but I do hear what you are saying.

I am not cursing them. I am stating facts. These are people that have tainted products to save a little money and have killed our people. We have proof of this and they do not care. They just find other ways to do it again.

Oh I see. Now I understand Adoniah. :)