buy american this christmas

my god if they did that all businesses would shut down, including walmart.

they'd be able to count their profits in pennies!

You can always buy made in the USA, just shop where the Amish sell their hand made items. Their quilts are fantastic and they make yummy snacks.

and even better
buy from people in your locality
bring the money back home
if you buy something from China
the money goes to China
and stays there

Last x-mass i bought an out-side play gym for grandkids from step 2,made in america and this year gonna get one of their sit down art station for 2 and one of their out-side tables with umbrella for the kids.


Im sick of my money not staying in USA,it doesnt take much time on the net looking around and you can find what your looking for and the money will stay here(USA)

and if the money circulates locally
each dollar is worth that much more
the oftener it's "spent"
the more value it has for the community

if we did this they would be force to make it here we are the greatest consumers in the world lets comsume made in american products put you brother and sisters to work istead of giving wallsreet money we could be inveasting in joe the plumer and bob the builder not chinese, but are own people so this christmas give american or jutt give cash no more crap that breaks or poisons us or our kids or dogs enough is enough the buck stops here

What a great idea!

That's exactly what I intend to do this year, and for all of my presents from now on.

It can be a gift that gives to everyone,

if we did this they would be force to make it here we are the greatest consumers in the world lets comsume made in american products put you brother and sisters to work istead of giving wallsreet money we could be inveasting in joe the plumer and bob the builder not chinese, but are own people so this christmas give american or jutt give cash no more crap that breaks or poisons us or our kids or dogs enough is enough the buck stops here

sorry about the double post. pass the word talk to your neighbor we can do this buy american we know it has to happan we cant let them destroy what our parents built and theres and theres we have the power

Unfortunately there aren't any Amish around central Texas. An Amish quilt will set you back at least $1500 around here.

I used to live in PA. I miss those farmstands.

But I live in Australia.

I command all of you to only shop at Wal-Mart this Christmas season.

this is the word

I understand the sentiment, and I see the pros, but I also can't help but see the cons as well.

There are a huge amount of foreign companies that are based in the US and use US employees to assemble and/or package here before final shipping. I used to work for one of those companies. You could be putting those Americans out of work and hurting the communities that rely on them.

Another area to think about is the US shipping trade. It's takes lots and lots of trucks to move those foreign products from the ports to the shelves...lots of American Trucking Companies....American Truckers - you could be putting those Americans out of work and hurting the communities that rely on them.

And as distasteful as the general idea of Wal-mart itself is they employee an awful lot of people in this country. Cashiers, Warehouse Workers, Mechanics, Stock People, Data Entry, Accountants, Lawyers, Regulators, Truck Drivers, Insurance Handlers, Human Resource, yada, yada, yada - you could be putting those Americans out of work and hurting the communities that rely on them.

We shouldn't think in terms of only Black & White when most issues are really swamped in Grey.

But I live in Australia.? well iam sure you have lost manufactureing in the last 30 years start the same thing there we have bled high paying blue coller jobs to long its time to change the rules

Boycott Christmas!

as far as that shiping ther trying to alow meixcan truck drivers in there trying to reroute the way goods come in to the united states

YOU BETCHA! And that goes for after Christmas AS WELL. We now are seeing the effects of the corporate greed concept of GLOBALIZATION and it ain't pretty!

I doubt this very seriously! If we don't retreat from this global concept no one here will have enough left to buy even at Walmart prices. As I have said before for globalization to work it requires that we VERY SIGNIFICANTLY reduce our standard of living in order to make it work. If it does work development of underdeveloped nations etc. it will take perhaps a 100 years before they reach the level where their people reach the capabilities to sustain market growth which supports their economies until that time the West will have to buy the goods produced with no money to do so! How brilliant is that?

were seeing the effects big 3 broke budweisser sold off selling our roads no its up to us to stop it or it wont we will say good buy to the middle class

LOL

buying American I have 2 choices: A great ICBM or a shitty Automobile.

Do we make anything else in this country?

oh yea, a shit-load of porn........america makes nothing else!

BEER, but even that is owned by the europeans,

I know someone that did this last year. I thought it was a great idea. The person said it was a very difficult and time consuming thaing to do.

Yeh buy Gold And Silver Eagles !

Nice ideal, but I don't need a giant Cat in my backyard. Although I could replace my old Massey Ferguson with a new John Deere...

I only need so many quilts really

My family did that in a positive way last year -- donated to food banks and stuff in each others' name.

give cash give a pet theres lots made here think outside the box if we start they have no choice ether start manufactureing here or go out of buiness before long they will get the idea bring leivi:s home bring carpets home bring it home

support a deflationary implosion!

Buy nothing, and hoard your cash! (not in a bank)

Or simply pay for items with cash, locally, rather then buying from big retailers.