Read Labels While Shopping, Save Money and American Jobs

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, but a billion of them would.

With that thought in mind, please read the following. It was obviously written by a good American.

This probably sounds crazy, but just yesterday I was in Wal Mart looking for a wastebasket. I found some made in China for $6.99.

I didn't want to pay that much so I asked the lady if they had any others. She took me to another department and they had some at $2.50 made in USA.  They are just as good.

Same as a kitchen rug I needed. I had to look, but I found some made in the U.S.A., and they were $3.00 cheaper.

We are being brain washed that everything that comes from China and Mexico is cheaper. It's not so. That is also why I don't buy cards at Hallmark anymore. They are made in China and they are expensive. I buy them at Dollar Tree for 50 cents each, and made in the U.S.A.

Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China.

A couple of days later I was in Ace Hardware, and just for the heck of it, I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in the U.S.A.  Start looking at the labels on things.

In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!

My friend's grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it's marked made in Mexico now. I don't buy it any more.

My favorite toothpaste, Colgate, is made in Mexico.  Now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything. Good idea, one light bulb at a time.

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets.

I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value".  I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats. They were the same except for the price.

The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA at a company in Cleveland, Ohio.

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here in the U.S.A.

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets. Yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada. The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE U.S.A.!

My wife, Kathleen,  did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free she has been using for years and at almost half the price!

I challenge you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the U.S.A. – the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!

We should have awakened a decade ago.

Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.

I'm passing this on, Will you?