Thanks for the info,,,I became a label reader a very long time ago. It is absolute BS when
we have stores full of china stuff,no wonder we haven't any jobs here. The dollar stores are full of china stuff.
Eleven Easy Ways To Buy American In 2012
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2012/01/19 19:53:37
Eleven Easy Ways to
Buy American in 2012
by Roger Simmermaker
Buy American in 2012
by Roger Simmermaker
1. Cotton Swabs. Don't call them Q-Tips. The Q-Tips brand is made in America , but guess what? The company that owns the brand isn't American at all. The name of the company is called Unilever (ever seen Lever 2000 soap?), which is a joint venture between England and The Netherlands . An American alternative would be the CVS or Walgreen's brand, which are both made in USA as well for about the same price. Both CVS and Walgreen's are American-owned companies and are based in the United States . 2. Deodorant. Suave and Dove are both owned by Unilever, so the profits go overseas and the taxes are paid overseas to foreign governments when you buy either of these brands. Want an American brand to buy and save money, too? Go to the Dollar Tree store and buy the Speed Stick brand for $1 each, which is made in USA by American-owned Colgate-Palmolive. If you drop five or ten dollars, you won't have to go back to the store for this item anytime soon. 3. Bath Soap. Irish Spring sounds like it might be foreign, but it's actually an American brand made in the United States . Ivory soap is American, too. Jergens is made in America, but Jergens is owned by a Japanese company. Think of it like this: Just like a Toyota made in the U.S. is still a Japanese car, a bar of Jergens soap made in the U.S. is still a Japanese soap. Dial is owned by a German company. 4. Mustard. French's mustard isn't French. It's owned by the British. Grey Poupon sounds like it might be foreign, but it's owned by an American company, and is made in America . 5. Pasta sauce. Did you know Ragu is owned by Unilever, the foreign-owned company we learned about in examples one and two? Prego is an American brand owned by the Campbell Soup Company, and is made in the United States . 6. Disinfectant. Lysol and Clorox are both effective disinfectants and there is little if any price difference between the two, but only one is American owned. Lysol used to be owned by Kodak, but Kodak sold it to a British company in 1995. Clorox is American owned. 7. Coffee. Two of the most popular brands in the United States are Maxwell House and Taster's Choice, but only one is owned by a company based in the United States . Taster's Choice is made by Switzerland-based Nestle Ð the largest food company in the world. Maxwell House is an American brand. The coffee beans for both brands are imported, however. For truly American coffee from tree to cup (the beans come from Hawaii ) check out the USA Coffee Company at www.USACoffeeCompany.com. 8. Cosmetics. Revlon is an American-owned company and many (not all) of their products are made in the United States. Maybelline was American-owned until 1996 when French-owned L'Oreal bought the company for $758 million. 9. Bottled water. Now that we know the French own at least one brand many probably thought was American owned, what other popular brands are owned by companies based in France ? You might be surprised to know that Dannon bottled water (and other Dannon products like yogurt) are French owned. Aquafina (owned by Pepsi) and Dasani (owned by Coca-Cola) are American brands. 10. Peanut Butter. They say choosy mothers choose Jif. Choosy patriotic Americans choose Jif, too, because Jif is American-owned. Skippy is owned by our favorite foreign brand Unilever. 11. Apparel. Why shop at Wal-Mart and buy foreign-made t-shirts when you can buy American-made t-shirts from All American Clothing Company (www.AllAmericanClothing.com) where they use 100% U.S.-grown cotton for just $7.99. Are the shirts in Wal-Mart that much cheaper? I have to admit I don't know because I don't shop there. But I do know Wal-Mart is the biggest seller of Chinese-made goods on the planet. (12.) Okay, I had to give another example because this is probably the best one, and since winter is still here, we might be adding some hot chocolate to our shopping cart at the supermarket. Swiss Miss is American owned, but Carnation is owned by the Swiss. The good news is that the more we buy American-owned and American-made products, the more powerful and positive impact we will have on the U.S. economy. And the even better news is we can usually do it without any extra cost or inconvenience to the consumer. Awareness is the key. About the Author: Roger Simmermaker Roger Simmermaker is the author of How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism and writes "Buy American Mention of the Week" articles for his websitewww.howtobuyamerican.comand WorldNetDaily.com. Roger has a degree in Electronics Engineering Technology and is the vice president of his local Machinists Union (IAM&AW;). He’s been a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC, and has been quoted in the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week among many other publications. |
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My husband worked for communications equipment manufacturer in Chicago. The company was privately owned and had it's own patents on the things they made. A British corporation comes along, makes the owners an offer they can't refuse. First they buy up all the competitiors and hold their patents. Then they shut down the former rivals' manufacturing firms in Utah and Nebraska putting those employees out of business. Instead of hiring them to work in Chicago, they expect the Chicago facility to ramp up production on unfamiliar products. Suddenly arrival dates for sales go from days to weeks to months. Sales drop. The management, in a tiff over lower profits, lays off sales staff including my husband and sixteen other sales reps who had met their numbers, but had not met the new and ridiculous numbers set by the new bosses. A year later, the company is still in disarray, long time experienced inside salespeople have left, customer service is at an all time low, but the owners don't care because they have the patents which they are taking back to the UK to sell to the Chinese or whoever else is the highest bidder. American innovation and ingenuity on sale courtesy of the failure to keep the dollar on par with the Euro.
I will never buy something intentionally, that was made by a unionized company. Unions, with a bloated Government, are destroying America.
It's a good bet that I will NEVER purchase anything that GE makes or is associated with.
we have stores full of china stuff,no wonder we haven't any jobs here. The dollar stores are full of china stuff.