Now marks the time until the 25th of Decemeber that a large chunk of news stories will be about shopping. Who is buying what. What is the busiest store? How much are people spending? What are the newest toy trends? But
Amy LeBlanc of the blog intellectual properties reminds you that the frequency of these stories means you hold a lot of power in your wallet:people keep saying that our Democracy runs on the Dollar, and lots has
been written and said recently about our politicans being bought. if
that’s true, then you have POWER. think more about where you send your
dollars. there’s a lot of frustration lately about companies
outsourcing work and manufacturing overseas while Americans are losing
jobs. there’s something you can do about that: stop buying things from
overseas, and from the companies that outsource. that means you might
not get that huge new plasma screen TV, or your kids might not get the
hottest Made in China toys for Christmas this year. but wouldn’t you
rather have a job? Wal-Mart and other huge retailers take middle-class
jobs away by killing small businesses and selling imported goods, yet
everyone keeps giving them their money, usually for things they don’t
need. why? long ago i pledged to stop buying anything with that MADE IN
CHINA label unless i really, really needed it. sometimes, it’s
unavoidable. but most of them time, you don’t need it. and america
doesn’t need it either. america is losing the 21st century.
Read her post in full.
