At a time like this when hundreds of thousands of American jobs are on the line and far too many have been lost overseas already, it’s time to show you really care about America!

The best way of supporting the American economy is to buy American!

Now this really makes me mad – I did some research of my own and hit the store looking for general “stuff” – what I was looking for was not so important as trying to find it produced right here in America.

We are an industrious people and sure there was a great big range of stuff that was “Made in the USA” but as a marketing guy, what stood out to me was just how little was made of goods being made right here in this country.

It was fairly rare to see emblazoned across packaging “Made in America” or “Made in the USA” – come on Corporate America what are you thinking – fire your marketing department and wake up!

How much does it actually cost to put “Made in USA” on your packaging?

uss1No more than “Made in Japan” or “Made in China” and they certainly don’t seem to be ashamed of announcing where their cars or plastic gizmos are manufactured – it just seems to me it’s only us that are worried that “Made in USA” might detract from selling goods or is it that homegrown manufacturers just take it for granted?

Perhaps it’s just the time of year and I got out of bed the wrong side this morning but when we have so many families facing hard times, the least we all can do is to buy American and support the jobs, workers and economy right here at home.  Every US manufacturer should be sticking one of these Made in America stickers on every box they ship out of their factory so every American consumer knows they are buying American and supporting American families and jobs right here at home.

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