buy american this christmas

We don't make anything here to buy.

HEY guess what!

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keep the thread alive post your thoughts what do you make suggest it if it made in usa

Buy American.
You can do it if you try. Just takes a bit more effort.

people who rely on nonsustainable businesses for work are part of the problem
they need to find local jobs

What can you buy? Washers and Orings, a tshirt, and oven mitts?

America doesn't make shit anymore.

if you buy it they will
there are plenty of local artisans and craftsmen

OP, Which stores sell American Products?

I know of an American Company and they make screen doors. I am getting everybody in my family Screen doors this christms!

www.madeinusa.org

[link to www.stillmadeinusa.com]

[link to www.madeinusa.org]

What a great idea you have here. Can I take this
a little further? The following link w/pic is
a street vendor I know on campus at U of M
(Montana). He will be homeless in 2 weeks
as jobs are disappearing. He is a sweet guy
and makes cool craft jewelry. Check our
his tiny little web page--and get a Xmas
gift for someone you love and also help
a real artist avoid a homeless Xmas in MT!
www.geocities.com/duanewhite56/
The photo is from a June issue of the Missoulian
newspaper covering our street vendors--they
are all hurting this winter! Godblessuseveryone!

Better yet make your own Christmas gifts....

Baked goods, candles, soap, jewelry

Give time.... help family or a friend with a project.

Christmas isn't about how much stuff from China we can buy... it's about spending time with family and friends.

Another idea is to volunteer time to help the homeless. Better to give than receive

American made

Exactly. I haven't got the money, and there is nothing made in America anyway. Except maybe hamburgers.

Buy American? I tried that for 40 years... didn't work.

Tell your "Buy America" theory to GM.... when they close their factories in Russia to help support American workers, then I'll worry about buying American.

LOL
Easier said than done.
I think the yo yo is still made here.

Tell Dell and the other "American" companies that outsourced the jobs to PAY Americans.

New Balance for your tennis shoes. All American made and no child labor!

Askinosie Chocolate from Whole Foods!
[link to www.askinosie.com]

PIN THIS!

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
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Opie I luv ya and we need to buy anything American-made that we can find these days, our patriotic duty, etc
But this is the Looooooooooooooooooooongest sentence in the world...he he just kidding

Buy American? So, what, I'm supposed to wrap up bullshit Government documents and give them as Christmas presents this year?

That's all that's left falling off the American "production line", right?

p.s. Oh, come on, admit it, even you tight ass Government shills are laughing on this one.

give cash bring our factorys home

Americans need to make home shops and make their own items from quilts to furniture. Then put a sign outside and sell it as yard sale stuff. Believe me those yard sales are drawing big crowds these days.

The only things we're buying this christmas are the foods for a fine meal made at home.

Some of these things may have already been listed if so sorry for the repeats!

Give to a charity in a friend or family members name
. They are really going to be hurting now...

Arts & Craft shows. Most schools or churches have them this time of year look in the news paper or watch for signs. You wouldn't be able to buy for everyone there but it is a good place for mom and grandma gifts LOTS of girlie stuff. Sometimes you can find a guy that makes beautiful hand made wooden toys..

THRIFT stores. I have had more then one Christmas that I was thankful they were there. One year it was the only place I bought gifts...

Make something from your heart, food is always welcome. If you don't think the kids would care about that maybe wrap up a box with all the suff to make their favorite candy cookies and a note to make it together...

put together a scrape book of pictures they may have never seen. Or a REALLY nice picture of them or their family...(MAKE the frame)

Give a gift of time. if you say all my kids want for the Christmas is computer, x-box stuff. Give them a family board game and TEACH them how to love it. You come with the gift...

A gift of an evening...Take your partner out to an event or place he/she would love to go to that you ALWAYS say no to...And act like you LOVE it!!! LOL

Families with young children, get together with other parents and swap unwanted good toys. Make it an evening out for the parents NO kids allowed...

See if you can buy art work from students from the high school. You would be amazed at some of the work they do...

I can go on and on about this.

This NEED to be a national event...These are things everyone is going to have to get used to. Our lives are changing and everyone (kids included) are going to have to except it. It doesn't mean our lives are going to be any less happy because we don't have the latest what-not!

One year when I was little and my dad was out of work my mom made my baby doll a BEAUTIFUL new dress and put her under the tree in it. I was just was excited to see her in this new dress as I would have been to get a new doll.

One of the things I have never figured out and kind of bugs me is why they started selling Barbie dolls with different outfits on them. Why do little girls have to have boxes of barbie dolls instead of one or two like it started out and a case with pretty little outfits and shoes that you bought seperate from the doll?

Side note: I went to the mall this weekend. Concord Mills in Charlotte....I can't believe all the people there. I was shocked! It took me 25 minutes to get into the parking lot. People were buying things like this (it was cute) computerized golden lab puppy..$179!!!...Good grief, some people of no clue what is going on!

Does anyone have a list of American made products?

This is it -- won't see this thread number again for maybe another 26,000 years!

Time to bring this argument back upfront.