If you study the Steel industry out of the rust belt, you will see where we here in Michigan are going. They have not recovered from the 1970 busting up.
Go buy a nice brick ranch with basement and garage for peanuts.
WE can blame politicians, though we have known for years that they will take a dollar and cross their own mothers. We can blame government, and unions, and even "the times".
But actually we need to blame ourselves for not paying attention to where the products we buy come from.
Walmart thrives on this price conscious process and we suck it up like no tomorrow. We don't look around to see where things are made, nor do we try to buy American made. But I can assure you that other countries do.
Only today, my wife brought home a box of fruit drinks from Nabisco (National Biscuit Company) which has been around for a century or more, and under the propaganda label, once it was unpackaged, was the good old "made in china" label. She is mad that it was covered up and is taking it back. Month ago, I bought fish....didn't read closely, imported from China. I took it back.
As soon as we become conscious that what we buy and where it was made is as important if not more important than the price, we will have turned the corner. But the last time I brought this up in another forum, I got my head chucked because many thought it was Okay to buy the cheapest thing out there and forget about where it was made...since "all things even out" after awhile.
This is similar to an infection in your toe. Few would guess it would kill you, but it sure can and the leg is now beginning to hurt.
Blame all this on yourselves for not researching and buying American. Tons of websites now are popping up where you can find out products that are made in America. And we should all be taking the big step to preserve our OWN incomes by remembering every single purchase matters. Every one of them.....
