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Kudos. A complex issue to say the least.I have fought most of my life to ban livestock from our wildlife habitats that are sensitive. Meadows,High mountains ,trout streams. Testified a few times too.Cost me friends. Screw em.They are eating my deer & elk feed,muddying streams and meadows and they're not conservatives.
I have no kids in this fight. Just kin. And wish no one lives a solid factory life if that is what they wish. Nor hungry.Kudos. A complex issue to say the least.
I was just adding a little appreciation for nuance.
I don't necessarily want my children working in factories. I also don't want them to grow up hungry
Hank, this is a bit off topic, but I'm also a Lowa fan. Many of their boots can be factory rebuilt for $125.I sure like my Lowa's now....2 years every day wear and the rand is wearing some. My Lowa hunt boots hardy get worn.
Thanks T bone! That is great news!. They even show my Caminos after a make over. Cool. I was going to do deep research on Lowas today.Hank, this is a bit off topic, but I'm also a Lowa fan. Many of their boots can be factory rebuilt for $125.
Boot Repair/Resole | LOWA Boots USA
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Yes, but US companies. There is virtually nothing made in US that doesn’t have foreign parts or supplies involved in it. I will do all I can to only buy US but almost impossible for 100% US made without foreign involvement. However some European companies just make better stuff than we do.Sitka, First Lite, Kuiu, leupold binos (bx1,2) leupold spotters (sx2,4) are all made in China.
I think people really forget how much money manufacturing brings into a community. The direct impact of the factory jobs is one thing. Manufacturing companies spend a lot of money to keep their plants going. If a plant employs 500 people directly, it probably indirectly employs another 500 through contractors and vendors. You don't necessarily need to work the factory job to benefit from it.I have no kids in this fight. Just kin. And wish no one lives a solid factory life if that is what they wish. Nor hungry.
I may be an old dummie but we were booming when I was younger. A factory job raised families and paid for homes my family built. No one can afford a home now.
Glad I'm in the old west where your dead if you don't have it figured out and not rich. Still.
Where was the phone or computer made which you used to type this post?I cannot tell folks how to run a business,but I will not buy crap made overseas anymore. Everything is made elsewhere.
No more crap Wranglers or Levis. No more crap boots,socks or anything if I can help it.
Screw the Chinese! The Mexican factory with American tax write offs.
I have no problem buying foreign if it is quality goods,with quality workers.Like Lowa boots. Zeiss,Leica...
But this has just gotten out of hand. For the buck,the profit.They have sold their soles...........lol
I just ordered some American Made Jeans ( backoredered) and might try a shirt or t, maybe order more,if I could talk to a human there. They e mail....
Looked at Origin or Jocko jeans ,but $124 for jeans? and you cannot talk to anyone,e mail.
Might try some of the few boots still made here,but only a few styles and no hunting hikers really.
I sure like my Lowa's now....2 years every day wear and the rand is wearing some. My Lowa hunt boots hardy get worn.
Any one else fed up?
IDK... the woman in our family might disagree. They all own a pair or six of Frye'sGod bless you Hank, I support you in doing so, but must confess I am guilty of not doing so.
I loved a certain car that was made in Italy, but the new Corvette Z06 could bring me back to America ---and --I noticed a discussion about boots on this thread. And, ---Nobody makes thigh high heels "boots" for women better than Italy
It doesn't matter what you buy, or where you buy it. You and I are only a tiny tiny percent of purchases, and what we buy makes no difference. 40 years ago we decided (we as a country) that we wanted corporations to make lots of profit, and we allowed them to move factories offshore. We were told they would make socks, and we'd sell them computers. Well it didn't work out, except that corporations did make lots of money.
Change the laws. Make socks here. Wool socks. Stuff will cost more. So what. Most clothing is so cheap people throw it away without wearing it, they just enjoy shopping for it.
End NAFTA.
Slap an import tax on everything. Especially everything made by an American company overseas. No more selling farmlands to foreigners, or other real estate, or companies, or mines.
Vote, and don't be afraid to vote for someone based on how they stand on policy, not what party they are in. I voted contrary to my liberal commy tendencies and it didn't hurt at all, felt good.
I think we we need to be wary of seemingly simple solutions to very complex problems.
They were made here a few years ago.Where was the phone or computer made which you used to type this post?
Where are thise chips for your truck made?
Its a global economy.
Good luck.