Made in America

Itwould be awesome if all did this, as a matter of fact, it should be law! My way of thinking, it's the only way for this country to recover!
This goes for anything, not just building supplys
 
I wonder about the tools used - what are the chances those are all made in Armica too?

Great story though.
I'm working on finishing part of my basement - going to get that list and shoot for as much as I can
 
upnover said:
Itwould be awesome if all did this, as a matter of fact, it should be law! My way of thinking, it's the only way for this country to recover!
This goes for anything, not just building supplys
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Yeah that would def be nice.
 
great story there, hopefully the national exposure does some good. I try to keep "made in a America" a factor in everything I buy, but a lot of times its not even an option.

I wonder if Pedro and Jose will be sheetrocking/painting that house?
 
90% of my materials are American made. I don't notice any added expense but sometimes it is a little more work to find. My New Balance tennis shoes are even made in the good ol USA.
 
upnover said:
Itwould be awesome if all did this, as a matter of fact, it should be law! My way of thinking, it's the only way for this country to recover!
This goes for anything, not just building supplys
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Very true.

But you would also need people to manufacture the products. That means people who are willing to work for less. Roll up their sleeves and get dirty.

Most Americans won't do this. I used to own a landscape co in PA. I then managed another one in Richmond VA. We had hispanic labor. All had valid ss#'s according to INS. The problem is they are willing to work for less money and many will work harder. I know this is a generalization there are exceptions. But I never had a hispanic complain about too many hours or ask for a raise. I paid based on performance. I would hire people who grew up in america and mostly they looked down on the hispanic labor and felt they deserved more money, and didn't work as hard. Again there were exceptions. But not many.
 
GotWood said:
90% of my materials are American made. I don't notice any added expense but sometimes it is a little more work to find. My New Balance tennis shoes are even made in the good ol USA.
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Made and produced can be two totally different things. Meaning, the pieces of those shoes could have been brought in as raw goods and turning in to finished pieces elsewhere, but are constructed/put together in the US. That's how 70% of the aeroplane items are that we make at work...has a nice fancy sticker stating 'Made in America'...but guess where all those pieces came from...manufactured in Mexico, Thailand, china, India, etc. etc. Now, the high dollar stuff usually stays here, but has the same 'Made in America' sticker, and the price jumps significantly when you go from paying someone $25/day to $25/hr.
 
^ Very true. And only a few select NB shoes are made in the USA, most are still made overseas.

Reminds me of another case involving Adam's Polishes (high end car detailing products). They pride themselves on selling quality USA products. One of their products, a foam gun, they no longer sell all together after they found out the shady labeling by one of their suppliers. They took it off their shelves as soon as they found out.

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Wow, that is pretty darn sneaky, and yet brazen at the same time!
 
like UTfball68 said...MADE IN THE USA does't necessarily mean made with parts that were made in the USA, it just means assembled in the USA. But that's a start, and if we can start being proud of our country, and building our houses and other stuff with materials built here, I think we would be way better off. :usa:
 
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