today a miracle happened....
we were purchasing Christmas presents... trying to buy nice items with good old American labels on them....
(very well respected companies you’ve known your whole life)
online purchasing since our local stores have so little stock
and
today...after receiving about 15 items, the very FIRST “Made in USA” one arrived. The other 14 “Pendletons” or whatevers.... turn out to ALL have been manufactured elsewhere (and this American one is a “vintage old stock” item that’s been sitting on a shelf for 30+ years, it is not currently made in America)
Honestly, gang, our system’s out of kilter... I am happy to purchase good quality merchandise from other countries, okay, but ALL of nearly EVERYTHING!?
try to purchase a TV or radio made in USA,
“try to purchase a TV or radio made in USA,”
To buy the last (new) American TV made here, a Zenith, you would have to take a time machine trip back to 1995.
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/18/us/last-us-tv-maker-will-sell-control-to-koreans.html
I don’t regularly buy “stuff” anymore. Just groceries, fuel and services.