buy American

[low_delta]

I saw a statement: "There are 293 million people living in the United States. If each one would shift $20 a month in spending from foreign made products to American made products, that would create 5 million new jobs."

While I think the numbers are a bit off (never trust statistics), I appreciate the sentiment. I've never had a problem supporting our foreign friends, through the purchase of quality goods, but considering how much trouble our economy is in, I reccommend making an effort to by American made goods. Non-US citizens exempted, of course. :-)

And by "quality" goods, I mean I'd buy a Ferrari if I could. And I'll always buy Canon cameras. But where there's a reasonable American-made alternative, I will buy it. I always buy as local as possible.

Comments

[vwip.livejournal.com]

I see "local" as anything that doesn't need fossil fuels to transport or store it. Everything else is imported, regardless of where national borders happen to be.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Well, there's local, and then there's local. Like I said, I try to buy as locally as possible, which means from a locally owned store over a locally owned chain or a store in a nearby city, which would come before a regional chain, which is before a national chain.

[vwip.livejournal.com]

So, for you, some parts of Canada would be more local than some parts of the US?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but localness also depends on where the money goes. What segment of the economy does it feed, and am I in that part? You could argue that localness concerns the people I care about most, so if, for example, you worked for a factory that made something I could buy, doing so would help feed my local economy, in that respect.

You must be joking

[eideteker.livejournal.com]

And by "quality" goods, I mean I'd buy a Ferrari if I could.

Have you ever read anything about Ferrari maintenance, or was this a piss-take?

Re: You must be joking

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

No, they're not usually featured in Consumer Reports. Can I still assume they're great to drive, or are they overrated there?

Re: You must be joking

[eideteker.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, yes, fun to drive when they're not in the shop racking up thousand dollar repair bills.

Re: You must be joking

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's good to know. Or it would be if there was any chance I *would* ever own one.

fax r fun

[i.livejournal.com]

if everyone would ride their bike to work one day a week, we wouldn't need foreign oil.

if the mpg of every car went up $3 we wouldn't need foreign oil.

one day's cost of the iraq war woud pay the salaries of more than 9000 teachers for a year.

Re: fax r fun

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Do you mean "if everyone would move to within a couple of miles of work, and then bike to work a lot?" ;-)

don't know if I'd buy a Ferrari

[caught-napping.livejournal.com]

but I will certainly wish you a happy birthday (a few hours too soon)

hope you have a great one

Re: don't know if I'd buy a Ferrari

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Thanks!