My husband and I decided to buy only products made in the USA for our new years resolution and we decided to write about the adventures in doing this because it's going to be hard, when we live in a world where finding products made from other countries is so common place.
Why did we come to this choice? Looking at US economic development and the loss of our industry, which has led to higher unemployment and lower wages in America. I'm truly sickened by the fact that cheap labor in other countries leads to problems such as human trafficking and poor working situations for the laborers and that lots of people in the USA are losing jobs due to foreign investment.
Our founding fathers fought to get freedom for our country. Britain, at one point, made laws against the manufacturing of goods made in her American Colonies and further restricted American trade by allowing Americans to trade only with England. This effectively hurt our economic development. A response to these laws was that Americans increased American manufacturing during the Revolutionary War.
Self-sufficiency, as much as it was possible, used to be a national goal and buying American normal and patriotic. Unfortunately, only a small amount of industry is left in the USA. We want to support the businesses that sell USA made goods to preserve jobs and our economy.
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