Buy American

09/11/2012

07/23/2012

Growing up in my small town along the Salmon Falls River we had an woolen blanket mill, Greene Tannery, in the next town down Milton Leather Board, Spaulding Fiber, next town North Rochester Spaulding Fiber, Baxters Woolen Mills, Boston Felt, and several shoe factories. Gone, gone, gone, and all gone!!!!!!!!!!! This is just in a 15 mile area along a small border river between NH and Maine. I just can't believe that its all gone, we need to get the manufacturing jobs back for our people, American People....... We have to help so please, Please!!!! "Buy American"

07/23/2012

It's a movement and it's a great one at that.......... Lets do our part and "Buy American"

Can the U.S. handle a manufacturing comeback?

07/18/2012

Please watch and listen (few adult words) this is a real reality check, we need to change this, and work as hard as we can to get our country back, please use your power of purchase and "Buy American".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw

Beginning scene of the new HBO series The Newsroom explaining why America's Not the Greatest Country Any Longer... But It Can Be.

07/04/2012

Happy Birthday "America" use the power of "Buy American" today...........

03/15/2012

http://sustainableconnections.org/thinklocal/why/

There are many well-documented benefits to our communities and to each of us to choosing local, independently owned businesses. We realize it is not always possible to buy what you need locally and so merely ask you to Think Local FIRST!

03/15/2012

Hi All, I think spring has sprung and its time to "Buy Local & Buy American"

01/25/2012

Have not posted much lately, but we are still "Buying American"

Buy from your neighbor and buy local, that's money that travels in your community.......

When you obtain your needs from a local source you do more that just meet a personal need. You meet a community need because what you have done is make an investment in the community within which you live. Your purchase provides the seller with the means to meet his or her own needs. If the seller also shops locally, the same effect is achieved. The money that is used in the purchase travels throughout the community rather than leaving it. As the funds circulate within the community, they provide support for the activities of the community members and build a strong and healthy community at the same time.

01/09/2012

Good Read forwarded to me...................

ONE 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, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American . . ...

This probably sounds crazy, but just 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 and they were $3.00 cheaper. We are being brain washed that everything that comes from China and Mexico is cheaper. Not so. That is also why I don't buy cards at Hallmark anymore. They are made in China and are expensive. I buy them at Dollar Tree....50 cents each and made in USA ...

Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's 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. Aquafresh Advanced is made in Moon TWP , PA.

(Another Good idea ... . ..Change one light bulb at a time) . This past weekend I was at Kroger . . I needed 60W 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 a company in Cleveland , Ohio.

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here...
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!

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!

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!

(We should have awakened a decade ago....)

Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the USA ..

01/04/2012

It's worth printing this and cutting it out to have in your wallet or purse. Let's stop the outsourcing of our jobs.

ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY--NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK---CAREFULLY!

With all the food and pet products now coming from China , it is best to make sure you read label at the grocery store and especially Walmart when buying food products.

Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located.
It is important to read the bar code to track it's origin.
How to read Bar Codes .... Interesting!
This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it's a concern to you.
GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA & CANADA " AND NOT FROM CHINA!!

The whole world is concerned about China-made "black hearted goods".
Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China ?

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA. 471 is Made in Taiwan .

This is our right to know, but the government and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.

Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA ", so they don't show from which country it is made.

However, you may now refer to the barcode - remember if the first 3 digits are:

690-692 ... Then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 - 09 ... USA & CANADA
30 - 37 FRANCE
40 - 44 GERMANY
471 .... Taiwan
49 ... JAPAN
50 ... UK

BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for "0" at the beginning of the number.

12/31/2011

I have brought many new ideas and locations to "Buy American" in my first few months of this page and I am giving us all a grand challenge for the new year. Take the Buy American Challenge, every time in the new year you go shopping read the lable and buy "Local" or "American made product".........You can help us save this Great Nation of ours.........May your 2012 be a happy and prospectus year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ~~~~~~BUY AMERICAN