Buying American Made Easier

[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times][FONT=Palatino,][SIZE=+2]Buying American finally made easy[/FONT]
[FONT=Palatino,][SIZE=+1]Guide lists thousands of manufacturers who still make it in USA[/SIZE][/FONT]
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times][SIZE=-1]Posted: March 13, 2008
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[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]WASHINGTON – Would you be willing to pay a little extra for goods made in the USA?[/FONT]
[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]Join the club.[/FONT]
[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]Polls show a majority of Americans willing to do the same.[/FONT]
[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]And with China charging Americans to ship its hazardous materials to line the shelves of Walmart, Roger Simmermaker thinks he has the answer – a guide to buying American.[/FONT]
[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]"How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism" is hot off the press, providing tips and listing thousands of retail outlets owned by Americans as well as manufacturers still operating in the U.S.[/FONT]
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[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]If you think Americans no longer care about where goods are made or have concerns about safety of foreign products, think again. Simmermaker has assembled some surprising statistics:[/FONT]

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  [*]92 percent of Americans want country-of-origin labels on meat and produce;
  [*]68.6 percent of Americans check labels for information like manufacturer, nation of origin and ingredients – up from 52.9 percent a year ago;
  [*]86.3 percent of Americans would like to block Chinese imports until they raise their product and food safety standards to meet U.S. levels;
  [*]33 percent of Americans would be willing to pay four times as much for American-made toys;
  [*]63 percent were willing to join a boycott of Chinese-made goods in general[/FONT]

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"Supporting American companies leads to a more independent America," says Simmermaker. "Ownership equals control, and control equals independence. We cannot claim to be an independent country or control our own destiny if our manufacturing base is under foreign ownership or foreign control. A nation that cannot supply its own needs is not an independent nation. If we are to claim independence from the rest of the world and truly be a sovereign nation, we must begin supplying our own needs once again."[/FONT]
[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]Yet, in the age of the global village, knowing which company is American and which is not can be quite confusing. Simmermaker has made it easy – listing companies and their nation of ownership.[/FONT]
[FONT=palatino, times new roman, georgia, times]Consumer decisions, Simmermaker argues, allow Americans to vote every single day of their lives – making important decisions about their own future and the future of their country when they shop.[/FONT]