[Repeat Offender]

Be sure to click all the way to the end, so long as we have stupidity in such a cheap abundant supply these folks will always have a niche in the US (unfortunately). It's just a shame that outside of the NEA and Congress, being stupid doesn't pay the bills.

Kishore3456#3

Friday, September 25, 2009 6:16:41 AMWe need to get over with the "Made in America" craze. Its now officially a global economy, so it does not matter where the product is made, what matters is that the brand is alive and doing well. If these brands had continued to be made in America, they most probably would've gone bankrupt by now. So, be wise and invest in these global companies and reap the benefits.

I don't know, maybe the poster is talking about unemployment benefits? Its kind of hard to buy stock in a company with no job and no money (at least none of your own).

[Retired Greyhound]

If the govt insists on reaming businesses, they will have no choice but to move their operations elsewhere.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Some of this is misleading — cases where the brands belong to multinational conglomerates, but the product is still made domestically.

[TWohlford]

My feather mattress said “Woolrich” but it wasn’t made by Woolrich — just some offshore (Chinese?) company that was hired by Target to make it.

[Trajan88]

Regarding Rawlings baseball gloves... I've played with a Rawlings since little league (early 70s). The last glove I purchased (~1993) was a Heart O the Hide PRO 6-RH (made in America of course).

Rawlings' top of the line glove is now made in Phillipines and it is $250+. I called Rawlings and asked them how they cannot make money by producing the same glove in the U.S. and charging the same price.

The minion at the call center said she didn't know... I told her to pose that question up the chain and I would like a call back with a response. I'm still waiting for the call 2 years later.

My next glove purchase will be from Nokona (made here in Texas): NOKONA

[FormerACLUmember]

"Made in America no longer"

[familyop]

Ping.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

My shock came when i found out that TI and HP no longer made calculators in the US. Gasp!!!! Try to get an old TI calculator repaired also. Woolrich buffalo plaid shirts made in China!!!

[familyop]

"It's just a shame that outside of the NEA and Congress, being stupid doesn't pay the bills."

..."NEA" meaning National Education Association. ...right? I'm mentioning that, because so many corporate-government-academic pushers have recently tried to take the focus away from the monstrous costs of failed government education for the pecuniary interests of their own family members (teachers, administrators, all) while sponsoring so much attention toward the National Endowment for the Arts (also a wrongful receiver of funding but not nearly as much funding or damage to families).

[Brilliant]

We still make the best media propaganda.