Enough of Made in China

[Street Rat]

I went to buy some athletic shoes on Christmas eve. I was deciding on between two pairs, one $20 cheaper and a bit more comfortable. Wanting to try the cheaper brand, I happened to look at the tag..."made in China", so I went with the other brand made in Vietnam (better? I don't know). Out of curiosity, I look at the shoes that I am wearing, the most comfortable and expensive shoes and my favorite ever..."Made in China"!! Which brings me to this morning. I'm telling my workout partner the story. I started thinking a little, my wife bought me some workout gloves for Christmas, I looked at the tag, "made in China". I looked at my elbow brace, "made in China", my Ipod, "made in China". After the workout, I'm getting ready for work looking at tags as I go along, neck tie, belt, workout bag, dress shoes, wallet, all made in China, my watch finally made in Japan, oh wait, the band is made in China. My shirt and dress pants are probably made in China, I'll check later.

I don't make new years resolutions, but maybe I will make one this year. I will be more conscientious of what I buy going forward concening where it is made. I sure don't want one of those bombs that have the capability of sinking our air craft carriers to have a tag on them "made with the financial support of Street Rat".

I know I won't be stop buying from China entirely, but enough is enough. We need to have some things made, sold and bought in the USA again.

 

[Perrone]

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It will always be this way. They provide cheap labor. I feel your pain though.

 

[redneck1861]

I wear Nike and I think all of them are made in Korea, then I have my dress shoes which are Nordstrom

 

[Danny Tanner]

My fortune cookie from the Chinese restaurant I ate at last week was made in USA.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

On a side note, among all the $40-ish running shoes at Academy, the Sauconys are the most comfortable by far, with a distance second to New Balance. I tried them all on before buying. Sauconys blew away all the others (Nike, Puma, Adidas, younameit). Sure they're made in Asia too, though. Whaddryagonnado?

 

[ronny]

Long ago, I began to make a committment to buying USA first, others second and China last. It is an almost impossible task.

USA products are, in general, either the very best at the very highest prices, or relatively poor at a modest price.

China products are, in general, either very good at moderate prices or very poor at rock bottom prices.

We will ultimately pay a very high price for our failure to address this issue long ago.

 

[Calamity Jake]

My fortune cookie from the Chinese restaurant I ate at last week was made in USA.

The Chinese don't have fortune cookies that is an American thing!!

 

[Mr10mm]

I wear Nike and I think all of them are made in Korea, then I have my dress shoes which are Nordstrom

Also made in vietnam and china. (from looking at 2 pair I have)

 

[Mr10mm]

Check out this henry rifle commercial. I would guess this would be the case in most house's..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfWomXAN8o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Harley1953]

Don't know if it has changed in the last few years, but New Balance WAS the only athletic shoe manufacturer that was still Made in USA. Saw a deal on TV about it a few years back and went so far as to write the company expressing my thanks for keeping American jobs in USA. CEO wrote back and said his company would attempt to keep manufacturing in USA.

But that WAS 3 or 4 years ago and it could have changed.

Pretty sad state of affairs when we don't seem to make ANYTHING in USA any longer.....