Posted by Stockdale Dave on November 05, 2007 at 17:24:09 from (72.183.229.43):
In Reply to: Save made in USA posted by suptscottyb on November 05, 2007 at 17:00:03:
I bought the first thing that I can remember in forever made in America this weekend. It was an Arrow T25 staple gun made in New Jersey. I looked at the shipping wrap and wondered if I should save that as a collectors item.
That is my greatest rant...wife hates to take me to the store anymore. I live 120 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. How in the heck can they farm raise shrimp in Vietnam, freeze it and fly it to Texas cheaper than we can produce it locally? I got to talking to some Vietnamese shrimpers in Rockport Tx. When you start with 500 gallon tanks of diesel at marina prices less road use tax you start out over a $1000 in the hole sailing out of port. Insurance, maintenance, licenses, etc. are out of sight. It's a wonder seafood isn't $500 a pound.
Me....I just push a hand seine around the local grass beds and get plenty for personal use.
I fear made in the USA is going to get more scarce in the future. Costs are so high in this nation and I don't know of any way to reverse the trend.
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