Made In The USA
Look in your closet, at the tags on your clothes. Is anything made in the USA? I decided I wanted to buy clothes that are made in America, by Americans. Well, I haven’t had much success in doing that so far because everything seems to be made somewhere else.
Even at least some Harley Davidson jackets are made in China. The American motorcycle company isn’t even making their clothing in this country? Why not?
Maybe part of the reason is a forced minimum wage here. I don’t think some teenager who wants extra spending money needs to get paid over $8 an hour to flip burgers. I’m not advocating slave wages. I just see that different jobs have different value to them and there could be a better system than the minimum wage. That’s another issue though, so I’ll get back to the point.
I’ll be honest. I used to think this was not a big deal. I thought that if a company in another country was producing a superior product at a competitive price, that company deserves to get the business. My thought was that would creative competition that would cause companies producing inferior or over priced products to adjust accordingly. Instead, the products are simply not being made here and I guess most of that is because of cheaper labor available elsewhere.
I’d like to support my own country with my dollars when I buy clothing I wear every day. It’s difficult to do that when stores don’t carry products made in the US. It’s not even like the clothing made in other countries is less expensive, at least for the consumer. As long as “we” are willing to pay the price these companies are asking for, even if they are paying much less for the labor in other countries, they will keep having the stuff made in other countries.
I want to buy clothes that are made in the US, by Americans. Any recommendations are welcome. I’d specifically like to find companies who make motorcycle gear, workout clothes, nice casual wear and business wear.
I am voting with my dollars as much as I feasibly can!
Here’s a video from www.minyanville.com
It’s about stuff you might think is Made in America.
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