HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
m...
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:38:04 -0400, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|Gene Kearns wrote:
| On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:21 GMT, Ron penned the following well
| considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
| | |
| |"Gene Kearns" wrote in
message | .. .
| | On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:57:42 -0400, HK penned the following well
| |
| |
| | No, it isn't.... but here is a partial answer:
| |
| | http://www.allamericanclothing.com/
| |
| |
| |"This jean is Made in the USA all the way from the materials to
the labor | |*(non-union)*.
| |So shop with confidence and pride when purchasing this All
American | |Classic!"
| |
| |Nice- non-union. | |
| | Textiles in NC, which used to be the backbone of our economy,
were
| always successful in defeating the unions. Those non-union shops,
| today, are just as gone as the union ones....
| | NC has the lowest Union Representation of any state 3.5%.
| | So, today, whatever side of the fence you are on.... America
is better
| off buying home brewed.... union, or not.....
| | | http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
| |
|
|The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which representes corporate
interests, is |officially opposed to "buy American" provisions.


My first reaction to your post was: bullsh*t. However, Google has
proved you entirely correct.

Apparently, these folks at the "Chamber of Commerce" are way more
concerned with our "trading partner's" P&L than the welfare of both
the American economy and the unemployed American wage earners and
their families.

http://www.uschamber.com/press/relea...provisions.htm

http://www.uschamber.com/issues/lett...uyamerican.htm

I am appalled.

Big business is not a friend of working families.


--

Bit of a tempest brewing up here.
Seems a number of Canadian companies can't get contracts in the US
because of the Buy America policy.
Canadian Municipalities want to do likewise..restrict buying American
goods & services
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Busines...817/story.html




Since we are close, close neighbors with a long, beneficial history, and
since both countries have many standards that if not identical are
damned similar, and these include wages, hours, and working conditions,
I would favor a "no barriers" approach in trade involving manufactured
goods and natural resources between the U.S. and Canada. But the goods,
resources, services, whatever, would have to be 100% made in the U.S. or
Canada.





WAFA:

Toyota, Yamaha, Husqvarna, Wal*Mart printer...

My vehicles were BOTH made in the US.