One Light Bulb At A Time

[heelpin]

One Light Bulb at a Time

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would.

With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American.

Good idea...one light bulb at a time...

Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowes the other day - I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China . The next day I was in Ace Hardware, and just for the heck of it, I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA .

Start looking --- In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!

My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more..

My favorite toothpaste, Colgate is now made in Mexico . I have switched to Crest.

You have to read the labels on everything ..

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 Watt light bulbs and dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand that I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both brands of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same, except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand - - - but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA , in a company in Cleveland , Ohio .

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets..... yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada . The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here. My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! (We should have awakened a decade ago!!!!!!)

Let's get with the program...help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.

[joseph97297]

I check the labels also and try to do it every time.

Our next big purchase (new car) will be made in America, although it is a Toyota.......

[hippygirl]

I remember (25 - 30 years ago) that many products made in the USA were significantly more expensive than those made elsewhere. The idea was that you were paying for the quality of the materials and workmanship that "Made in the USA" represented.

Now, however, while the quality/workmanship of products made in the USA may still hold true, the price of foreign materials/finished product made with CHEAP labor allows corporate to jack the prices of those items up so that their profit margin is MUCH, MUCH higher than it would be for comparable products made in the USA.

I could go on and on, but I fear I might lose my religion if I do.

[RiverPines]

We always look for made in the USA but in our local area its very limited in choices of products and most are not made in the US.
I wish we had more choice in our area.

One thing that bugs me and we have to watch out for is something say made in USA but they are only assembled here and the components are from somewhere else.

I saw a black and decker toaster oven with USA flag stickers and advertising all over the box about USA made and all that. I opened the box and looked on the toaster oven itself...made in Malaysia!
So be careful!! Companies to deceive!
Dont look just at the packaging. Look at the label on the product where the model numbers or watts or whatever info is stamped or written!
Oh and sometimes its just the packaging thats made in the us but not the product!

Crest toothpaste, some of the ingredients are from China. That kind of stuff bothers me as I dont trust China's safety standards..or should I say lack of standards!
So we but Tooth paste thats from our health food store. All natural with USA ingredients and made, and packaged here.

[SirDude]

This topic is going to get harder and harder to stick to as the years go on. As RiverPines pointed out, just because it's stamped "MADE in the USA" doesn't mean it's made in the USA. Or in the case of Joseph's comment about buying a Toyota, where do we draw the line when this world is heading for a "world economy"? Do we start weighing the fact the one company employs more Americans to assemble their products?

I have to admit, I go for the supporting the American worker over where the company's head-quarters are located. Nowadays with most big companies being owned by stock holds around the world, it doesn't matter if they are in Japan, China or the US, if they, like Toyota and Honda, employ a lot of Americans, but (normally) offer good products, then I will buy from them.

The other thing I notice I very rarely hear people talking about is not so much of the who to buy from, but the what NOT to waste money on. I could stand on a soapbox for years talking about how messed up we / humans are, but since I am here in a Homesteading forum, I do not need to preach to the choir.

It just bugs me, if everyone in this world would learn the basic understand of their actions I think most of us would not be so quick to chase after that "bigger and better" life. OK, stepping down off the soapbox for now.

I will say this about my spending, if it's not part of something I need to stay alive or learn, then I don't waste money on it. If you don't need to buy it, and you can make it, then you know it's made in the USA! LOL

OK, gotta go take a cold shower or something, got the blood pressure up. LOL

[RiverPines]

Originally Posted by SirDude

This topic is going to get harder and harder to stick to as the years go on. As RiverPines pointed out, just because it's stamped "MADE in the USA" doesn't mean it's made in the USA. Or in the case of Joseph's comment about buying a Toyota, where do we draw the line when this world is heading for a "world economy"? Do we start weighing the fact the one company employs more Americans to assemble their products?

I have to admit, I go for the supporting the American worker over where the company's head-quarters are located. Nowadays with most big companies being owned by stock holds around the world, it doesn't matter if they are in Japan, China or the US, if they, like Toyota and Honda, employ a lot of Americans, but (normally) offer good products, then I will buy from them.
LOL

Yup! American companies employ a lot of people over seas and foreign companies employ a lot of Americans!

My DH works locally in Wi for a French owned Ag equipment company! Buy from the French if you need a manure spreader so my DH and the other hundreds of employees, can keep their jobs here in the great USA!
I love the French, Especially since the local American owned company that was the largest local employer shut down its local plant and laid off everyone. Several other Wi based USA companies closed down and moved, to Mexico!
I am so glad DH was with the French company that has managed to keep going and to keep a lot of their workers and stay put thus far through the tough times. :banana02:

[ronbre]

a really wonderful reminder..my son works for a company that makes american car parts for american cars..but his company was bought by a chinese firm..so instead of us sending our parts to be made in china..china is employing americans to make parts in american for american cars..so be cautious not to just assume that a foreign name might be made in a foreign country too..at least they didn't change the name of his company..left it MICHIGAN rubber