...sounds good, doesn't it? Used to be "important." Now it's almost viewed as "unusual!"
Diane Sawyer recently did a show on that very subject. See: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/fulipage?id=13061236
I did not see the show, but was alerted to it by a friend who has also lost his job, and has been unemployed for over 2 years. If you were to click on some of the furniture shown in the pictures, you would see that these manufacturers say they could increase their payrolls if they did more business. And the furniture shown was not that expensive, if you want good furniture! And good furniture lasts! Think "antique!" I've still got the bedroom set I bought when I was first married. It's classy, still in style, and solid as a rock. That particular company does not make their furniture in the U.S.A. anymore, and the stuff they sell now, feels and looks cheap, but it costs more than what I saw in the Sawyer article!
If we're talking clothing, that's another story. My husband only wears Levi 501s. They used to be made in the U.S.A. The last ones I bought were made in Mexico (remember what Ross Perot said about jobs going south?) They now cost even more than ever. So who's reaping the profits of the more expensive jeans made by less costly labor. As for me, I work hard to find clothes made in America. Even if they're a bit more expensive, I buy them.
Maybe that's what kind of "socialism" Obama was blamed for referring to, when he said he wanted to share the wealth! I'm trying to share my "wealth" and help my fellow Americans by buying American!
So are you going to read the labels, and share the wealth, on Day 115?
Diane Sawyer recently did a show on that very subject. See: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/fulipage?id=13061236
I did not see the show, but was alerted to it by a friend who has also lost his job, and has been unemployed for over 2 years. If you were to click on some of the furniture shown in the pictures, you would see that these manufacturers say they could increase their payrolls if they did more business. And the furniture shown was not that expensive, if you want good furniture! And good furniture lasts! Think "antique!" I've still got the bedroom set I bought when I was first married. It's classy, still in style, and solid as a rock. That particular company does not make their furniture in the U.S.A. anymore, and the stuff they sell now, feels and looks cheap, but it costs more than what I saw in the Sawyer article!
If we're talking clothing, that's another story. My husband only wears Levi 501s. They used to be made in the U.S.A. The last ones I bought were made in Mexico (remember what Ross Perot said about jobs going south?) They now cost even more than ever. So who's reaping the profits of the more expensive jeans made by less costly labor. As for me, I work hard to find clothes made in America. Even if they're a bit more expensive, I buy them.
Maybe that's what kind of "socialism" Obama was blamed for referring to, when he said he wanted to share the wealth! I'm trying to share my "wealth" and help my fellow Americans by buying American!
So are you going to read the labels, and share the wealth, on Day 115?
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