If we were to remove all of the imported items from our life we would be naked, our houses almost empty and no automobiles in our garages. It is interesting to me that we are so quick to point the finger of blame,
saying that regulations are the problem, maybe rich people or lazy people, greedy people or stupid people.
Personally I think we are the problem, it is just not convenient to admit it. Many of you have probably seen the television "news" story about outfitting the average dormitory room for a student going to college.
Just in knick-knacks and bedspreads and posters, just basically crap it totals about $800 per student per year. For the "average student" 100% of these items are imported, pushing our jobs overseas. The "news people" discover (with some effort I admit) that these items actually made in America are available and cost about $37 less! If, over campuses across the United States, all of these items had been made in this country, they estimated that it would have created 500,000 jobs!!!
This is the boat that is used to get this imported stuff to us. Well, a ship, huh? Almost totally automated. It has a crew of just 13 and can be unloaded in a mere two hours! One THOUSAND, three hundred and two feet long. And they are making MORE of these! On their way back to China after unloading their gadgets on our docks, they return EMPTY!
We are being conquered and they didn't fire a shot! This is nuts. We are like Heroin addicts who just cannot stop. The pathetic thing about this is it is all crap. None of this stuff will be antiques a hundred years from now, most of it won't exist a year from now. A lot of it is broken before it gets out of the box. But if the color is right, the style is pretty and it is cheap enough, we want it. Addicts.
You don't have to make any laws to repair this situation, no taxes are needed. We need a new slogan.
How about "Just Don't Do It"? Can you go a day or a week without buying anything imported? There will be withdrawal symptoms. There will be work on your part.
Ask the clerk, "Where is this made?" and learn to say "No thank you". Find it somewhere else or find a substitute.
It seems that every year Christmas comes earlier and stores begin their holiday displays right after Halloween. These big ships work overtime this time of year. They can't build them fast enough.
Try something different this year, tell your friends, ask the clerk. "Where is this made"?
Maybe you could help create a job?
This is what I do: HERE
saying that regulations are the problem, maybe rich people or lazy people, greedy people or stupid people.
Personally I think we are the problem, it is just not convenient to admit it. Many of you have probably seen the television "news" story about outfitting the average dormitory room for a student going to college.
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This is the boat that is used to get this imported stuff to us. Well, a ship, huh? Almost totally automated. It has a crew of just 13 and can be unloaded in a mere two hours! One THOUSAND, three hundred and two feet long. And they are making MORE of these! On their way back to China after unloading their gadgets on our docks, they return EMPTY!
We are being conquered and they didn't fire a shot! This is nuts. We are like Heroin addicts who just cannot stop. The pathetic thing about this is it is all crap. None of this stuff will be antiques a hundred years from now, most of it won't exist a year from now. A lot of it is broken before it gets out of the box. But if the color is right, the style is pretty and it is cheap enough, we want it. Addicts.
You don't have to make any laws to repair this situation, no taxes are needed. We need a new slogan.
How about "Just Don't Do It"? Can you go a day or a week without buying anything imported? There will be withdrawal symptoms. There will be work on your part.
Ask the clerk, "Where is this made?" and learn to say "No thank you". Find it somewhere else or find a substitute.
It seems that every year Christmas comes earlier and stores begin their holiday displays right after Halloween. These big ships work overtime this time of year. They can't build them fast enough.
Try something different this year, tell your friends, ask the clerk. "Where is this made"?
Maybe you could help create a job?
This is what I do: HERE
