WE can help the US Economy! Buy US this XMAS

[maseman]

I am only buying my kids stuff made in the US.

Here's a great link.

http://shopping.msn.com/content/expert-advice-toys-made-in-the-usa/ctid4844/?contenttext=contentname:expert-advice-toys-made-in-the-usa&ptnrid=164&ptnrdata=303850>1=37003

[RB TexLa]

1. What if you also care about people that aren't American?

[ogneopasno]

2. LMAO.

ETA: I'm laughing at you, not with you.

[OhioChick]

5. Do you just copy and paste that same line on each thread like this? n/t

[TahitiNut]

13. Join the Peace Corps.

:shrug:

[Fumesucker]

3. I'm making all my presents this year...

DVD compilations of people's favorite artist's clips I've captured from Youtube..

I'm in the US, so I guess that would count as being US made, they take me quite a while to find just the right clips and go through all the steps of the DVD authoring process.

Nobody I'm doing presents for has any real need for anything material.

[jane_pippin]

4. We're shopping at locally-owned businesses this year.

(We try to do that as much as possible anyway)

We're not buying a lot, but what we are will come from locally-owned shops.

[OhioChick]

6. Biederlack blankets....

Beautiful, warm blankets that are Made in the U.S.

http://www2.biederlack.com/

[Le Taz Hot]

7. All of my jams, jellies, jewelry and

AWARD-WINNING (2nd place at the Fair this year) bread-and-butter pickles are made in the U.S.A. ;-)

[maseman]

8. I'll buy your pickles

Sounds like a punchline.

I love good pickles. My grandma made the best dill pickes. I miss her and them.

[Le Taz Hot]

9. Well, thanks.

Actually I was 3 out of 3 at the Fair this year. Second place each for my bread-and-butter pickles and persimmon cookies and 1st place for my micro-macrame earrings. I won a whole $17.00 -- look out! LOL! I consider it partial re-imbursement for all the soft tacos and corn dogs I ate this year.

[zippy890]

10. PEZ candy is made in Orange CT

http://www.yankeeharvest.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=YH&Product_Code=PEZSRZAPPLE&Category_Code=YGPEZ

my favorite

:rofl:

[surrealAmerican]

11. ... but where are the dispensers made?

[wuushew]

12. Consumerism is a cancer that must be destroyed

why is entire economy based on buying crap nobody needs?

[Chan790]

14. Because capitalism is based upon consumption?

If people don't buy useless crap then the economy grinds to a halt. It's a "crap you don't need" driven-market rather than an "essentials you do need" driven-market and has been since the earlier dawn of culture.

Lets be honest...all anybody really needs is:
A cave
Fresh water
Wild nuts and berries
Firewood

That's a pretty shitty life though.