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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:01 PM Original message |
Suppose we had a "I'm buying American- I'm helping to create more jobs" campaign? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Suppose we had tariffs to make American products more competitive against slave-labor products |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. The Republicans have convinced the workers that tariffs are bad: |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds good! That's what the |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's a subquestion...How much more are you willing to pay for an American made product? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. they aim at the trendy young adult bulemic looking crowd, might not be the best example. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The campaign will have a promotion |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. It's not cheap chinese junk. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Apple makes all its products using Chinese near-slave labor |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Apple is no OK |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Technology is going to be tough |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. This is the key question |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Cheap products go with cheap wages... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am doing that on Amazon. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Here's a good American-made company |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I think that if the American people pushed we could see a revival |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. There is not much american shit to buy. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. 'doubting Thomas' |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Your theory is impaired. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Try this |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That is terrific, thanks! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. OK - for example, computers. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. OK so nobody wants to bring jobs back? |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. We want to bring back jobs |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've been looking for American-made synthetic fiber bed pillows for 3 years. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. One is to pressurize manufacturers to include American pillow covers not Chinese |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Here are some made in US cotton, wool, and even a fiberfill pillows |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes. I had seen them, but they're not ordinary pillows; cotton is |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. Buying American is a sucker move |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. don't agree |
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