Originally posted by Achipmunk:
Now if we do not buy off shore the die hard liberals here will say a lot of americans will be out of work.
I agree with about everything you said but I'm having trouble understanding this line. This line says, paraphrasing 'If we don't buy imports the liberals say a lot of Americans will be out of work'. That doesn't make sense to me. That's saying liberals WANT you to buy imports. That's exactly backward. Labor Unions (about as liberal as you can get) WANT you to buy American to protect their member's jobs. It's buying off shore (imports) that's costing Union jobs. Am I not understanding your point? :confused:
Your point about the consumer having the power to fix the problem is dead on. As long as we, the consumer, demand cheap at all costs, cheap is all we'll get and American manufacturing jobs will continue to go away. On the other hand if the consumer perceives value in keeping American's working, supporing families, the job loss can be turned around.
Store owners want to sell product to buyers. If buyers ask for, and are willing to pay a little more for, American made goods, the store owners will ask their suppliers for American made goods. If enough store owners ask for American made goods the manufacturers will respond as well. It is power to the people in it's simplest form.
