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June 1, 2009

A good idea.---USA MADE

I received this from my cousin, and I'm challenging myself to really pay attention this month. We'll see what happens!
It only makes sense to try!

> > I am
> > really going to start doing this.  Proprietors should
> > start posting signs to promote USA made
> > products…
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> > Check this
> > out. I can Verify this because I was in Lowes 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. The
> > next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I
> > checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA.
> > Start Looking.
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> > 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!
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> > Subject: A good idea.
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> > My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed,
> > Though, that it is marked made in Mexico now.. I do not buy
> > it any more.
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> > My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico now. I
> > Have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on
> > Everything.
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> > This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W 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 in a Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
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> > So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use
> > every day that are made right here.
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> > 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
> > USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed
> > just like the Bounce Free I have been using for
> > Years and at almost half the price!
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> > So my challenge to you is to start reading the
> > Labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you
> > can find that is made in the USA -
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> > The job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
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> > If you accept the challenge, pass this on to
> > Others in your address book so we can all start buying
> > American, one
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> > light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas Companies!
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> > (We should have awakened a decade ago.......)
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> > Let's get with the program.... Help our fellow
> > Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the
> > U.S.A.       Pass this along
> > !
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