[Vision2020] FW: Made in China

[Ellen Roskovich]

I was cleaning out some old files when I ran across this.  Back in July 2007 only one person picked up on this and replied to me. . . but today maybe it's a more timely topic.  So, I'm putting it out there again. . . 15 months later.  Any thoughts?
 
Ellen A. Roskovich




From: gussie443 at hotmail.comTo: vision2020 at moscow.comDate: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:38:59 -0700Subject: [Vision2020] Made in China

Do we, this country, actually produce products anymore?  I mean, can you go shopping and buy something that has a tag in it that says "made in the USA"?
 
I'm not talking about walking the aisles of Wal-Mart where we've come to expect  everything to say "made in China" on the shelves.
 
Cute summer sandals at Macy's. . . $89.00 (wow! they weren't THAT cute) and the sales person says "they're from Europe". . . . Well, folks, let me tell you that an umlaut in the brand name does not make your sandals European because when I flipped them over. . . MADE IN CHINA.  Now, I might be a tightwad, but I consider $89.00  a pretty hefty price. . . and the product better be made in some other factory, with higher paid slave labor, than the Wally World's $7.98 special. . . .
 
Even familiar brands that I grew up with. . . . my Mother's Day card my daughter sent me. . . a Hallmark Card," because she cared enough to send the very best". . . isn't that what they always said?  Well, now they also say "MADE IN CHINA".  What happened? Did American presses break down?  Did we run out of ink?  What does this mean for the future. . . . DO WE CARE?
 
Is it really in our best interest that we can no longer produce the shoes we put on our feet or a greeting card in a friends hand? 
 
I was going through a closet the other day, sorting out stuff for Goodwill.  I ran across one of the kid's games. . . Chinese Checkers. . . and I was about to put it in the Goodwill pile when I noticed the box said "made in the U.S.A." and I decided on the spot. . . .  that was a "keeper". 
 
Ellen A. Roskovich 

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