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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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