Posted on 01/20/2011 11:18:41 AM PST by smokingfrog
Forget the conspiracy theories about where President Barack Obama was born: There's evidence just blocks from the White House that the American president was "made in China." And Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has the pictures to prove it.
During a recent stroll through the National Museum of American History, Sanders discovered that a number of products sold in the gift shop were not made America, but produced in other countries.
"I find it especially disappointing that miniature sculptures of presidents of the United States that are sold in the museum, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Barack Obama were made in China," Sanders wrote in a letter to the museum director.
http://sanders.senate.gov/statues.html
Miniature sculptures on sale at the National Museum of American History
Sanders, an independent Senator from Vermont who caucuses with Democrats, acknowledged that buying foreign products will not have a "profound" impact on the trade deficit, but added "the symbolism is extraordinary" and "pretty pathetic."
"It appears that a museum owned by the people of the United States, celebrating the history of the United States, cannot find companies in this country employing American workers that are able to manufacture statues of our founding fathers, or our current president."
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Kind of surprised that this would ruffle the feathers of Bernie Sanders.
But hey, as America’s first post-American president, it seems fitting that his bust would be made in China.
The obamanchurian candidate who would have thunk
I doubt you could have plastic figurines made in the USA even if you wanted to. We have chased so much industry out of the USA with over-taxation, over-regulations, tort law, etc... I imagine there are entire industries now where products MUST be imported from overseas.
Sad but true.
I’d be willing to pay a little extra for things made in the USA.
Unfortunately, it’s next to impossible to find anything made here anymore.
In MA, a solar panel factory just closed. Evergreen Energy.
One of the reasons was that neighbors around the old air base complained of noise. There were other hurdles of enviro regs but the place opened with much fanfare a couple of years ago.
Evergreen’s staying in business, but importing panels from China.
And this was with the support of the state, the governor, tax breaks and whatnot.
The true Manchurian Candidate
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