I hope all of you in the USA had a safe 4th of July and for these of you not in the United States, I hope your weekend was a safe on as well. Having said that, I hope this 4th of July has meant more to you than past ones. That you remember what Independence Day is really all about.
As I sat thinking this weekend about the government that we have in office, it occurred to me, that we really don’t have a functional Government at all. No business can survive without good leadership and the same goes for a government. Here we are buying oil from all over the world, when we have Canada next door that wants to build a oil pipeline to Texas that not only would ease our dependence on foreign oil, but would create thousands of jobs here in the US..But King Obama can’t seem to or won’t make a decision to say we want in on it.
The Government can’t seem to fix anything, but you can, stand up and be counted. Forget complaining about underemployment, unemployment, the economy and the federal deficit, and instead focus on what can be done, is this, one key solution to these issues is clear: If the country would rally behind American manufacturers and their products, the payoff would mean more jobs. Start buying American, will you have to do a little work, so what you have a computer. Here are just some of the companies that you can buy from and send a message to bring back everything to America. American Apparel, Bill’s Khakis,Mag Instrument, Vermont Teddy Bear Company,The Vermont Flannel Company,Zippo,Nordic Ware,Room & Board, Roy Toy,Segway, Steinway,Three Dots,these are just a few places that are all American. You might just surprise yourself it you really start looking. But if you start buying American you will create jobs.
Unfortunately, the truth of free trade is this: Other countries impose strict price controls and heavy restrictions on what Americans can send abroad. In order to do business in foreign lands, American companies had to get in bed with foreign counterparts, infusing dollars into foreign economies. If there was no counterpart, they infused money by building new plants and moving business from American soil to foreign soil where labor is dirt cheap. The byproduct is that companies here have closed, jobs have been reduced and the economy is upside down. Plus, there's not much that can be claimed as made in America anymore.
On the other hand, foreign products sent here are received with open arms bearing prices that the remaining American businesses can't afford to beat, another nail in the coffin of America's economy. Some products are substandard. For example, there are the toys made in China and painted with lead paint and sent here for our kids to play with. Or how about the sheetrock we can get at rock bottom prices from China? The price we pay in savings is that it's infused with sulfur products that promote corrosion of the pipes and wiring in your home. Maybe that's their way of helping our building trade with jobs that will have to be redone all too soon?
My real point is a question: Isn't it about time we stop the better living through denial and demand a change? When we were young, we took to the streets to protest what was wrong. Those actions definitely got attention. Maybe it's time we get their attention again so we can actually manage to once again find something to buy that's made in America. It is time we say enough is enough to Obama and people like that get into office and think that they are Gods and have their own private agendas. Somehow they believe that there is no accountability to the people that they work for. 2012 lets show them how wrong they are, I don’t care Republican or Democrat if they are not listening to the will of the people, kick their butts out of office. The Democrats and a few Republicans want to bring the new Fairness Doctrine, with that you could see many top conservative radio hosts canned. Tell them to back off that we had enough of them and leave Fox news and others like them alone.
Until we meet again
TEK
God Bless America and all of you
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