It's everywhere and try as you might to find American or non-Chinese goods I don't know how you can. I took my daughter to a local music store that has been around since I was a kid to buy a guitar. I didn't want to buy a Chinese one from walmart so I thought that was the place to go. We picked out a nice Fender and I thought great how can you go wrong with an old American brand like Fender and what do you know inside was "Made in China". It marked me laugh, its like when I was a kid and all the "Made in Japan" stuff was everywhere. Well we bought it, what can you do?
Kevin1 --- In [email protected], Mike Willis <m...@...> wrote: > > It¹s not just stores - a friend of mine owns the franchises for a popular > diner chain in some of the Eastern US states and sources all of his eggs > from China. > > Mike > > > On 30/12/08 18:39, "d.h...@..." <d.h...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Ed, > > Excellent question. > > > > I've been paying more attention lately and it seems to have become difficult > > to find items made in the USA. I wonder how many people even look to see > > where things are made before or after purchase. > > > > Based on what little I've seen Sears seems to do a little better than some > > however; that's really not a definitive answer to the question you asked. > > > > I'd be very interested to hear if anyone knows of retailers that make a > > special effort to carry US made items, as opposedc to the lowest cost items. > > It is probably a small subset to begin with, and in the current economy that > > subset is probably also shrinking. > > > > I assume that the retailers will follow consumer buying patterns and adjust > > accordingly, so ultimately the US consumer is responsible. > > > > BTW - an for an interesting and eye opening read, try the book; > > "The History of Money" by Jack Weatherford > > > > http://www.amazon.com/History-Money-Jack-Weatherford/dp/0609801724 > > > > I found it to be a relatively easy read, and quite good. > > > > Next up; "The Creature From Jekyll Iskand", by Edward Griffin. Although > > somehwhat difficult to find, this ntakes a good close look at our Federal > > Reserve (it's not what we think). > > > > Best regards, > > Dan Hall > > N3968H > > > > ---- Ed Burkhead <edburkh...@... <mailto:edburkhead% 40comcast.net> > > > wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > I haven't paid all that much attention to Wal-Mart. My memory seems to > >> tell > >> > me that 15+ years ago, their policy was to stock American made goods > >> > whenever they could get them. I vaguely recall that "buy American" was one > >> > of their selling points. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Certainly, now, foreign merchandise dominates at Wal-Mart and that is a > >> > problem for me. I'd much rather buy American if I possibly can. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > What chain stores do try to have American made goods? Is there anyone now > >> > who does that? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Ed > >> > > > > > > > > > > m...@... > www.ercoupe.co.uk > > Alon A2 Aircoupe > A-188 > G-HARY > -- >
