I actually do boycott products made offshore as much as possible. I've voted with my pocketbook for years. Even when I shop at stores like Walmart, I look for products made in the US. Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, made buying US products a founding principle of the company. Unfortunately, his heirs did not follow that tradition.
But much as with oil, it is impossible to avoid those products totally, especially the electronics, which are necessary for me to do my work. One item I am adamant about only buying those made in the USA is musical instruments. I also buy mostly local produce and meat. Of course that one is easy considering where I live. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the country really cared about where goods and services are sourced > from, people would boycott companies that employ overseas labor. We > could all simply decide to stop buying anything made in China, for > instance. Are we going to? No, because we're all calculating that our > personal gain will outweigh our personal cost for buying from low-wage > states. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328796 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
