[Vision2020] FW: Made in China

[Bev Bafus]

Unfortunately, we can't even be sure of items that say "Made in the USA".
See the article linked here...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DB1F3CF93BA25754C0A9659
58260

This is very distressing.

Bev
  -----Original Message-----
  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Ellen Roskovich
  Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:56 PM
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: [Vision2020] FW: Made in China


  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




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  From: gussie443 at hotmail.com
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com
  Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:38:59 -0700
  Subject: [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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