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[Annabellethecat66]

Just saying you should care.  We should all care.

Things that are made in the US are generally more money because we have labor laws, etc.

China doesn't.  Many other countries do not have labor laws also.

Everyone would like to see more things made in the US but these same people don't want to be willing to pay more for the item.

[Sooner]

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@Annabellethecat66 wrote:

Just saying you should care.  We should all care.

Things that are made in the US are generally more money because we have labor laws, etc.

China doesn't.  Many other countries do not have labor laws also.

Everyone would like to see more things made in the US but these same people don't want to be willing to pay more for the item.

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@Annabellethecat66 I agree with you 100 percent.  If you pay a little more for USA made you ensure that you are getting a safer product; give more people in this country jobs; and in the long run save people from poverty.  

I would rather spend a little more and put people back to work in this country--which helps every one of us.

[Annabellethecat66]

@Sooner  Yes!  The less we can depend on other countries ..... the better, I think.

I always think of all of the people, who for whatever reason, didn't go to college.

They have a lot to offer this country.  Not everyone needs or wants to go to college.  Mainly they can't afford it.

Manufacturing jobs are good for people who didn't go to college.  They can earn a good income for their family.

I watch "This Old House".  There are programs where young people who don't want to or can't go to college; but want to work with their hands.

These young people are learning how to build a house.  They learn a little of everything (ie electrical, plumbing, etc) then they can decide what they want to learn how to work on their own in the ..... say electrical field.

We have a problem in this country where there aren't enough people who know how to build a house, plumbing, electrical work and so on.

This is helping everyone.  These young people are interviewed.  It's interesting and wonderful how they say their goals are to one day have their own businesses.

There was a time when these young people were just (for want of a better word..."toss aways" because they couldn't do much of anything.

Now, they feel good about themselves.  At the end of the day they can stand back and say to themselves, "I did that".  It's a wonderful feeling.

So, to repeat myself.  It does matter where things come from because everything made in the U.S. means someone is working here in this country and earning a living by working here and helping to make this country even more wonderful as it is.

[Sooner]

@Annabellethecat66 Absolutely you are right.  I grew up near a manufacturing town and saw what happened when the jobs went away.

Jobs would solve so many problems. 

[viva923]

it used to be made in the U.S.A, but i believe it is made all over the world now. some come from canada,some from china,some from mexico.

[Annabellethecat66]

@Sooner Yes.  I'm 74.  There are more people my age that DID NOT go to college than did.

Most people couldn't afford it.  I never entertained going to college because my Dad died when I was 16 and I lived with my older sister and her 4 children.  She was single (divorced).  She didn't get any money from her ex-husband.

I was telling my daughter that when I had Scarlet Fever with my brother, the Dr came to our house and everything was cash/check, etc but no credit cards.

I know a lot of you remember that too.  My daughters all say, "Why do you get so worked up about stuff"?

I say, "It's because I can remember when things were different".

@Sooner  I know you remember when you felt like, 'this is the way it is and I will work hard to make it better'.  You didn't sit and boo hoo....but you just 'did it'.  Right?

Now we see these towns like your where there once were manufacturing sites and now they are empty and the buildings are just sitting there and falling apart.

Something that once had so many people working in the town, now is gone.  The companies moved to China mostly.

In the end it's always about money.  I always think of people from other countries who move here.  They are in for a shock how expensive everything is.

So most of the people around here work for the government in some way.  

Their jobs are protected.  They never (or very seldom get fired or let go).  The job (or some form of it is good until they retire.

Phew!  I need to stop now.  I've always lived a few miles from DC.  But I have relatives that live in Wisconsin and a few other places.  I know what it is like for them.

[Nancy Drew]

Susan Graver has some items made in USA, Valeri Parr Hill promotes her soy candles and of course her live wreaths at Xmas time. I try to buy made in the US when possible. I don't mind paying more. But it is hard to find made in the US tho.

[Annabellethecat66]

I forgot to add that living in this area where most are employed by the US government, I think everyone looses the fact that most people aren't lucky enough to know their paycheck is always coming.

You know it wasn't like this when I worked for the government in the mid 60's but these days most of the government here often get the day before the holiday off too.

We never did.  We were expected to go when it snowed.  Now they close down the place.

I often wonder what some of these people who high up in the government would do if they had to spend time living in one of the towns like @Sooner  mentioned.

We humans often have difficulty really understanding 'the other side...of how 'it' is' without actually experiencing 'it'.

Throughout our lives we bring our former experiences with us.  

We are the sum of our experiences up until THAT time.

[lovesrecess]

I have been adding to my pieces of Corelle winter frost dishes. They are still made in Corning, NY as is Pyrex.I like the thin but strong glass that is so sturdy and takes up almost half the room of my other dishes. It is very hard to even know where so many things are made now, especially clothes. DH just ordered a pair of slacks and the country of origin on the label was one that neither of us even recognized or could pronounce. Sadly, we are seeing major corporations move out of the US due to taxes and regulations...they save a lot of money moving, and we as consumers lose ours. Why pay US workers to do quality work when they can pay someone in a sweatshop in another country17cents a day to do crummy work instead? 

[Sooner]

@Annabellethecat66 Yes, husband and I worked very hard to try to find some kind of future.  We didn't have an open door, had to push hard to get one open!  

Yes, it is very sad to see what has happened.