I’m Back from Sunny California

Hello everyone. I’m back from my brief blogging hiatus. I was on vacation, and it wouldn’t have been a vacation if I brought the laptop, so I left it. About a month ago I wrote a blog entry called “Support American Jobs, Vacation in the U.S.A.” Boy am I glad a decided to take that advice. I just got back from the most amazing road trip down the coast of California, and I had an absolute blast. We started our trip in San Francisco and ended in San Diego. All I can say is WOW! If you haven’t seen the California coast you really need to think about getting out there and seeing it.

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Do Your Part to Close the Trade Deficit

Before you begin reading this post, please take a look at this graph which represents America’s trade deficit as a percentage of GDP since 1960. In the ‘60s and early-‘70s, we had a small trade surplus, usually at or below 1 percent of GDP. Over time, that surplus turned into deficit that reached about 3 percent of our nation’s total income by the late ‘80s. Our trade deficit contracted for a few years, nearly disappearing by 1991. But from that point on, our trade deficit as a percentage of GDP has simply ballooned. Since 2004, the U.S. has consistently had trade deficits of 5-6 percent of GDP.

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Top Ten Reasons to Buy U.S.A. Made Products

Here are the top 10 reason why you should consider buying American: 10) Foreign labor standards allow unsafe worker conditions in many countries. When you buy American you support not only American manufacturers but also American workers, safe working conditions, and child labor laws. 9) Jobs shipped abroad almost never return. When you buy goods made in the USA, you help keep the American economy growing.

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American-made Razor Beats the Competition

I’ve been saying for a long time that buying goods made in the U.S.A. does not cost more than buying imported goods (as most people assume it will), and nothing proves this point better than the razor. Razors have gotten pretty fancy over the years. They’ve gone from two blades all the way up to five blades on a single cartridge. And as the number of blades has gone up, so has the cost of those blades. They often want $20 or more for a pack of 8 cartridges at the pharmacy.

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Buying ‘Made in America’ Creates Jobs

Irving Gerson, from Miami, Florida recently wrote a letter to the editor that was published in the Miami Herald. In the letter, titled “Buy ‘Made in America’ to Create Jobs,” Gerson challenges Americans to stop blaming elected officials for poor job creation and start blaming the person in the mirror. “When we buy products manufactured in other countries, even when the same products are made in America, the jobs to manufacture those products will eventually be lost to manufacturers outside of the United States,” explains Gerson. “During these hard economic times, it is understandable to try to find the best bargains. But the best way to create good jobs are to buy products “made in America.”

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