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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=343002021-22102008>Unfortunately, we can't even be sure of items that say
"Made in the USA". See the article linked here...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><A
href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DB1F3CF93BA25754C0A965958260">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DB1F3CF93BA25754C0A965958260</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343002021-22102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>This is very
distressing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=343002021-22102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Bev</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Ellen Roskovich<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:56
PM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] FW:
Made in China<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><STRONG>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?</STRONG><BR><STRONG></STRONG> <BR><STRONG>Ellen A.
Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<BR>From: gussie443@hotmail.com<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Tue, 24
Jul 2007 08:38:59 -0700<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Made in China<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>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"?</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>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.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>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. . . .</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>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?</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>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? </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>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". </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE> </DIV>
<DIV class=EC_RTE><STRONG>Ellen A. Roskovich</STRONG> </DIV></DIV><BR
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