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In reply to the discussion: If America Doesn't Implement the "Buy American" Vision Now, the 21st Century Will Be a Disaster [View all]Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)7. I will argue that Americans are responsible for so much of our product being made overseas
because we have elected officials that have not backed Unions, nor have they supported the middle class. Most of us cannot "buy" American because we do not make enough income to do so. The lasting effect of that has been the closing of American factories because it can be made cheaper overseas. It is a vicious circle.
I'm sure there have been many tomes written on this subject, but this is the first reason that comes to mind.
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If America Doesn't Implement the "Buy American" Vision Now, the 21st Century Will Be a Disaster [View all]
thomhartmann
Jan 2021
OP
China will become the sole world superpower, I will probably live to see it happen.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2021
#1
Are you kidding me? We have a quest to find soup dumplings like in Shanghai in Orlando!
GulfCoast66
Jan 2021
#33
Seems to me that is just setting us up for war -- bombs, cyber, economic, whatever.
Hoyt
Jan 2021
#4
I will argue that Americans are responsible for so much of our product being made overseas
Ferrets are Cool
Jan 2021
#7
Reaganite Republican policies have destroyed unions and enabled offshoring.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jan 2021
#13
Trump's tariffs are making it impossible to get necessary goods into the US too.
Initech
Jan 2021
#26