Ten Reasons to buy Made in America

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Why buy American made products and services?

In an age of NAFTA, Toyota, Walmart, and

outsourcing, and a time when money is tight,many people are asking why they shouldnt just

buy the cheapest product regardless of its

country of origin.

Some economists and news commentators

have even marshaled arguments in favor ofthis position.


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Advocates ofbuying U.S. made products ha

responded with a number of strong counte

arguments for shopping at home.

Their reasons range from pragmatism to pa

to legal and moral arguments.

Here are ten reasons that have been advan

buy products made in America.


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1. Buying American Strengthens the Manufacturing Backbone of the E

In 2010 the American manufacturing industry, dropped to

Second place for the first time in 110 years behind China.

Restoring the American economy means rebuilding the

manufacturing industry. This will require more sales.

More manufacturing sales means more money going into the

domestic economy, more American jobs at higher wages, more

investment in U.S. business, more tax revenue, and less deficit

spending.


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2. Buying American Creates Domestic Jobs

During the recent economic downturn, millions

Americans in manufacturing and other industrie

lost their jobs to cheap labor from foreign

competitors.

Buying American products and services creates

domestic jobs and puts fellow Americans back

work.


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3. Buying American Strengthens State Economies

The manufacturing industry is one of the three largest

segments of forty state economies.

By strengthening the manufacturing industry in these

states, buying American strengthens state economies,

the underpinning of the national economy.


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4. Buying American Counters the Trade D

Manufacturing exports are vital to Americas

balance of trade.

Americans have increasingly consumed more

exports from China and other foreign producer

than we have exported abroad.

Buying American helps counter the trade defic

recapturing our market share from foreign

competitors.


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5. Buying American Promotes American Inn

The manufacturing industry has historically drive

American innovation, the engine of economic gr

New technologies in cutting-edge fields emerge

business invests in research and development.

Buying American brings that growth home by pr

American innovation.


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6. American Products Are Better Made

America has long decades of experience with

sophisticated methods of quality control.

Our cheaper competitors lack this same experience

and level of commitment to quality.

They may be able to produce cheaper goods, but

as the saying goes, you get what you pay for.


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7. American Products Are Safer

U.S. Consumer Protection Safety Commissrecords show that nine out of ten product

recalled every month for safety reasons a

made in China.

Many of these dangerous products are ch

toys. Theres more at risk than money whebuy the cheapest product you can find.


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8. Buying Cheap Foreign Products Promotes Sweatshops

Its not just Americans who pay the price for cheap

labor abroad. Foreign workers slave in sweatshops for

long hours in unsafe conditions at low wages in order

to create the cheap products their employers dump

here.

When Americans buy these cheap products, we are

subsidizing these sweatshop conditions abroad, forcing

foreign workers into these jobs while we take good

jobs away from our own neighbors.


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9. Buying American Guards the National D

When we allow foreign investors to

key industries, we are putting ourse

their mercy should relations turn ho

When we outsource key defense jo

are opening ourselves up to the risk

industrial espionage. When we kee

jobs and industries at home, we con

our own destiny and maintain

responsibility for managing our own

Buying American guards the nation

defense.


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10. Buying American Is the Law for Government Agencies

The Buy American Act of 1933, the

Buy America Act of 1983, and the

provisions of the American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of

2009 all require government

agencies to follow a procurement

preference for American-made

materials under specified

conditions.

This is how important the U.S.

government considers it to buy

American.


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