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Post by redwolf on Sept 9, 2007 10:19:47 GMT -6
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Post by blueneck on Sept 9, 2007 19:26:39 GMT -6
Indeed - this really isn't a left-right issue, in fact its one of the issues where the labor left and true conservatives can meet. And I for one will welcome the granoly - merlot crowd as well - regardless of their justification there really is a lot more to being american buying american that a simple union slogan
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Sept 12, 2007 21:02:18 GMT -6
Indeed - this really isn't a left-right issue, in fact its one of the issues where the labor left and true conservatives can meet. And I for one will welcome the granoly - merlot crowd as well - regardless of their justification.... I welcome them too. Since the affluent can better afford higher American prices, they could make bigger contribution to a "buy American" campaign. And assuming the top 20% of earners account for 39% of consumer spending (according to the BLS), they could make an even bigger contribution. If the affluent wish to remain affluent, they should insist on buying American, and paying American workers to make their products -- because American workers are one and the same as American consumers. It is those consumers who purchased the goods and services that made them affluent. Without the income received from sales to Americans, they wouldn't have the wealth they now have. It's not just "patriotic" for the affluent to buy American. It's in their own best interests as well. There are no profits from production without sales. There are no sales without consumer spending. And there is no consumer spending without consumer income. Buying American provides income for American workers, providing the spending power to purchase goods, and providing the sales profits needed to create "affluence." "Buying American" is not just beneficial to American workers, it's beneficial to America's most affluent as well.
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