The Buy American Thread

[Bigerik]

Well done! If everyone did that the economy would be roaring along.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

I recently joined Costco, and have been going there instead of Wal Mart. I would say there are a lot more opportunities to buy American at the Costco stores. I bought a couple packs of marino wool works socks and they were made in the USA with USA wool. You can actually wash the sons of beeches without ruining them like the cheap chinese ones at wally world. I line dry them in my shop, and they haven't shrunk a bit. It's amazing to me what we can get used to in the area of terrible quality and service. They had local stuff too, in the produce and beef / meat depts. I could not however find local milk, and the milk was only 1.99 a gallon, so I'll be looking into how they are doing that and may have to buy milk somewhere else.

At work, we got our new shirts and they were from Pakistan (at a Union Shop). We approached the boss and all volunteered to have the difference in price deducted from our checks so that we could continue wearing American clothes. He was very reseptive. I hope all Americans start doubling down on checking labels, and letting retailers know why they are not buying their foreign items.

If you embarass easily you don't want to be with me or Florence when we are confronted with only Chinese crap in the stores. We ask - LOUDLY - don't you stock any American made (whatever it is).

[Charles]

I buy most everything used, other than food.

Used food tastes like shit.

Chas

[Wasillaguy]

Buying American made trucks has a huge impact. Not just manufacturing, but you'll also be keeping a local mechanic employed trying to keep it running!

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

I recently joined Costco, and have been going there instead of Wal Mart. I would say there are a lot more opportunities to buy American at the Costco stores. I bought a couple packs of marino wool works socks and they were made in the USA with USA wool. You can actually wash the sons of beeches without ruining them like the cheap chinese ones at wally world. I line dry them in my shop, and they haven't shrunk a bit. It's amazing to me what we can get used to in the area of terrible quality and service. They had local stuff too, in the produce and beef / meat depts. I could not however find local milk, and the milk was only 1.99 a gallon, so I'll be looking into how they are doing that and may have to buy milk somewhere else.

At work, we got our new shirts and they were from Pakistan (at a Union Shop). We approached the boss and all volunteered to have the difference in price deducted from our checks so that we could continue wearing American clothes. He was very reseptive. I hope all Americans start doubling down on checking labels, and letting retailers know why they are not buying their foreign items.

I'll have to look into Costco, then. I bought some Dickies Heavy Duty Work socks at Walmart last night; Made in Pakistan. I went through every single sock package in the isle. Not a single item made in the USA. Sickening.

I should have realized it, though. We sell a lot of coffee to Costco. Including the large 48oz. cans of Kirkland. (Imagine that, a "three pound" can that actually weighs three pounds!).

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Charles

I buy most everything used, other than food.

Used food tastes like shit.

Chas

And how would you know what shit tastes like?

Dave

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by merrylander

If you embarass easily you don't want to be with me or Florence when we are confronted with only Chinese crap in the stores. We ask - LOUDLY - don't you stock any American made (whatever it is).

I do that myself, Rob.

Not long ago my wife got tickled in Wal-Mart when I pulled that stunt looking for a T-55 torx that must have walked away from my toolbox. They had that T-55 in a set in Stanley, but sadly it was Taiwan. The guy looked me right in the eye and said, '' I have a job stocking these shelves and stay busy ''. I said, yeah that's true, but I feel better knowing that my money go's towards an American workers job making the tool, and not just the stocker. Two jobs are more helpfull to this country than one. That being said, I added coolent to my badly leaking truck in the parking lot and drove 45 miles the other direction to the nearest Sears. My wife said thats a waste of money acting like such, but that's just the hard headed sombitch I am knowing plenty of people in this country need work.

And you are right, a cheap tool can hurt you. It's bad enough to bust knuckles when an American tool breaks ( and sometimes it can't be helped ) .. but to use the cheapest quality tool is just asking for it.

[Bigerik]

Originally Posted by hillbilly

I do that myself, Rob.

Not long ago my wife got tickled in Wal-Mart when I pulled that stunt looking for a T-55 torx that must have walked away from my toolbox. They had that T-55 in a set in Stanley, but sadly it was Taiwan. The guy looked me right in the eye and said, '' I have a job stocking these shelves and stay busy ''. I said, yeah that's true, but I feel better knowing that my money go's towards an American workers job making the tool, and not just the stocker. Two jobs are more helpfull to this country than one. That being said, I added coolent to my badly leaking truck in the parking lot and drove 45 miles the other direction to the nearest Sears. My wife said thats a waste of money acting like such, but that's just the hard headed sombitch I am knowing plenty of people in this country need work.

And you are right, a cheap tool can hurt you. It's bad enough to bust knuckles when an American tool breaks ( and sometimes it can't be helped ) .. but to use the cheapest quality tool is just asking for it.

Good man!

[bobabode]

Wearin' Redwing steeltoes, they last five times what the imported crap work boots you'll find at most retailers. Drive a Ford truck made in lower Canuckistan. Dickies are made in Mexico
Why do we import workers and export jobs? Deregulation and deunionization= deballing the middle glass. Once upon a time we protected the goose that laid the golden egg with tariffs & trade barriers.
I'm fucking tired of the rhetoric about job creators, it's simply manure. The favorite tactic used lately is a lock out. Anybody that works for Crystal Sugar (beet sugar refiner in the Red River valley) can tell you about that nasty business.
Closer to home, the city I live in gave half the city employees the pink slip while they explore outsourcing most city services. The budget shortfall they claimed is disputed by an independent auditor.

I really am disappointed in the average American, they refuse to vote, overwhelmingly. Personally, I would like to see drivers licenses tied to whether you vote or not. Maybe higher taxes for non voters since they are a burden on society. Coercive? You bet. Hell, you could call it a tax break and the Republicrats would line up behind it.

[BlueStreak]

I'm tired of the party that's supposed to be standing up for the worker and the middle-class letting us down, that would be the Democratic Party. And the Republican Party who has the American worker convinced that the best way to protect his interests is to just shut up and do as he's told.

(Sorry but when some rich guy who constantly goes on about how corporations should be completely free to behave anyway they damn well please tells me he has my best interests in mind....I tend to think he's full of shit. I think he's eyeballing my chubby little paycheck and my "socialist" benefit package, multiplying that by the number of fellow employees I have and licking his chops---Wondering how much they'd pay him to help bring that down some. You should work hard at running the chicken farm, but you don't leave the coop door open for the friggin' fox, no matter how polite his manner or charming his smile.)

Oh, BTW. I went to Sears yesterday to buy a nutsplitter, some punches and a set of Vise-Grips. Everything but the Vise-Grips "Made in USA".

Vise-Grips are now made in China.

Dave