Armageddun Loc: The show me state

Did y'all see Diane Sawyer's special report? They removed ALL items from a typical, middle class family's home that were not made in the USA .

There was hardly anything left besides the kitchen sink. Literally. During the special they showed truckloads of items - the USA made - being brought in to replace everything and talked about how to find these items and the difference in price etc..

It was interesting that Diane said if every American spent just $64 more than normal on the USA made items this year, it would create something like 200,000 new jobs!

IF BUYING FOOD at WALMART and ON THE LABEL OF SOME PRODUCTS IT SAID 'FROM CHINA '
FOR EXAMPLE, THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN 'FROM CHINA '
I WAS SHOCKED SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE SINCE IT'S FROM CALIF

Are we Americans as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think? The Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets.

70% of Americans,.. believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.
Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges? You Can..DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA !!
Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China ' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.

Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer. Easter is just an example. The point is do not wait for the government to act. Just go ahead and assume control on your own.

THINK ABOUT THIS: If 200 million Americans each refuse to buy just $20 of Chinese goods, that's a four billion dollar ($4,000,000,000) trade imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!!

Most of the people who have been reading about this matter are planning on implementing this on
Sept.1st and continue it until Oct. 1st
That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports. Then they might have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.

Remember, Sept.1st to Oct.1st. !START NOW.

Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are Americans and NOBODY can take us for granted.

If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives,
WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET!"

Pass it on, America ...
Well, come to think of it, instead of doing it for just 1 month why not try to do it all the time.

EL Loc: Massachusetts

My family has been doing it for years now. We kept a little bit in this country. All together we can do a LOT!
Stay well!

Milosia

I would also add this needs to start from the bottom up. We were handed all this junk by reaganomics.
Or supply side economics. It was not our choice to buy everything imported. It was Reagan’s. Along with destroying the power the unions had, because if you don’t have a job you don’t need a union.
Choking off the money supply to help destroy the country.
Viola!
You’re all dollar store shoppers now! WalMart had a big hand in it also. When Sam Walton started Walmart he pledged wherever he could he would put American products in his shelves.
He was true to this idea, and then he died.
His successors immediately sought to cash in on the extreme profit margin with Chinese goods. That and there were no American products.
And so we continue not buying anything made in this country.
Tragic. Reaganomics only benefited top % of america.
, to date.
You’ve been screwed totally by the republipig party. But by all means continue to help them, blame the Dems
Who cares anymore?

Smedley_buzkill

You mean the same Unions that give millions of dollars to the same Democratic Party that supports open borders so wetbacks don't have to sneak into the US anymore to cost us more than 100 billion a year?
The same Unions that are simply fronts for organized crime?

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Just so yon know Mrs. Clueless, China has cost us more jobs, stolen more intellectual property and is our number one enemy and the Biden families number one friend.

maryjane

My greatest wish is to support MY country and fellow Americans, but this has become so difficult. So many things that WE think are made in America are actually only partly American made OR the factory physically located in America is owned by some foreign company and all decisions about the business are made by foreigners in faraway places. I have read a lot lately about this very issue and have become extremely disheartened. Example, I want to buy a new auto for myself, but seems that while the final assembly might take place in the USA, much of the auto is actually made outside the USA. This is true of even FORDs, just imagine Henry turning over in his grave in disbelief!

maryjane

I want to say that there is NOTHING China, or any other nation, makes that I cannot do without, but since I simply do not have all the information about all products, I am afraid to make such a declaration. Suppose there are actually a couple of things I consider essential to my life there are, in whole or in part, made in China or elsewhere. Almost any American taking almost any medication, prescription or over-the-counter, has to wonder and worry about this. There was a time when America made everything needed for normal living and there was a time when those products were made BY American citizens and there was a time when businesses in the USA were owned and operated by actual Americans and there was a time when those American businesses owned and operated by Americans were actually totally loyal to the USA. Alas, those times are no more and disappeared long ago due to the overwhelming greed for money and power any way you could get them. I don't care what anyone says, I consider today's USA, in many, many ways much diminished from that past USA and I consider today's Americans, overall, weak and foolish and ignorant compared to those past Americabs

Armageddun Loc: The show me state

I do think with the v***s many Americans are beginning to take more notice of where products are made and coming from. We are in great need of an awakening of many things going on around us that we have just taken for granted for so many years. We all need take the view that the awakening must start with me. Make your voice heard we can make a difference.