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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, but a billion of them would.
With
that thought in mind, read the following.
This past weekend
I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer
sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE
brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value..
"
I picked up both types 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 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!
I was in
Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it 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.
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
made in Mexico ... Now I have switched to Crest. You have to read
the labels on everything.
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!
(We
should have awakened a decade a go.)
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! Stop buying from overseas companies!
Let's get
with the program .. Help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and
create more jobs here in the U.S.A. ..
I Passed this on
......... Will you
???????
