Thursday, February 7, 2013
Made in USA - Thanks Dr. H!
Subject: Made In The USA
This has
been around before, but another reminder never hurts, right? Have a good
one, and God bless!!!
ACE HARDWARE - Made in the USA - Very Encouraging
READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM!
LOTS OF GOOD INFO HERE!
Costco sells Goodyear wiper blades for almost half the price that youwill pay on the outside and they are made in the U.S.A.
Read the following.
Unfortunately our politicians and top CEO's have pushed for trade toChina and Mexico for years so Americans are now out of work. Didyou know that there is no electric coffee maker made in the US and thatthe only kitchen appliances made in the US is Viking? This informationcame from the a report by Diane Sawyer. Hopefully this has changed or will soon!!
I DIDN'T KNOW HALLMARK CARDS WERE MADE IN CHINA! That is also why I don't buy cards at Hallmark anymore, They areMade in China and are more expensive!
I buy them at Dollar Tree - 50 cents each and made in USA
I have been looking at the blenders available on the internet. Kitchen Aid is MADE IN THE US. Top of my list already...
Yesterday I was in Wal-Mart looking for a wastebasket. I found some Made in China for $6.99. I didn't want to pay that much so I asked the lady if they had any others. She took me to another department and they had some at $2.50 made in USA. They are just as good. Same as a kitchen rug I needed. I had to look, but I found some made in the USA - what a concept! And they were $3.00 cheaper.
We are being brainwashed to believe that everything that comes fromChina and Mexico is cheaper. Not so.
One Light Bulb At A Time..
I was in Lowe's the other day and just out of curiosity, I looked 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 attachmentsThere. They were made in U SA.
Start looking, people.....In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do effects someone else - most often, their job.
My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is now marked "Made in Mexico." I don't buy it anymore.
My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico... now I have switched to Crest.
You have to read the labels on everything.
This past weekend I was at Kroger... I needed 60W light bulbs andBounce 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 them: they were the same except for the price... the GE bulbs cost more than the Everyday Value Brand, but the thing that surprised me the most was that that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - you guessed it - the USA at a company in Cleveland, Ohio.
It's way past time to start finding and buying products you use every d ay that are made right here.
So, on to the next aisle: Bounce Dryer Sheets... Yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada. The Everyday Value Brand cost less, and was MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years, at almost half the price.
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop forEveryday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - The job you save may be your own or your neighbor's!
If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your addressbook so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time!
Stop buying from overseas companies - you're sending the jobs there.(We should have awakened a decade ago....)
Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more job s here in the USA.
Challenge your local retailer to mark their made in America products with a visible sign.
I passed this on..... Will you???
If you care about American workers, you will pass it on.
Me and Leroy ... Thanks Dr. H!
Subject: Me & Leroy
That is why I retired. Too many holes and not enough
trees.
This pretty well sums up how
our government works.
Oh My, this is wonderful, sure
explains a lot!
A guy stopped at a local gas station & after filling his tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and watched a couple of men working along the roadside. One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The other man came along behind him and filled in the hole. While one was digging a new hole, the other was 25 feet behind filling in the hole.
The men worked right past the guy with the soft drink and went on down the road.
"I can't stand this,"
said the man tossing the can into a trash container and heading down the road
toward the men.
"Hold it, hold it," he said to the men. "Can you tell me what's going on here with all this digging and refilling?"
"Well, we work for the government and we're just doing our job," one of the men said.
"You don't understand, mister," one of the men said, leaning on his shovel and wiping his brow. "Normally there's three of us: me, Elmer and Leroy. I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, and Leroy here puts the dirt back. Elmer's job's been cut... so now it's just me an' Leroy.
