Alas, there are some things you can't buy which were made in the US. We do great weapons though. Interesting.

I am not convinced that the issue I'm arguing about is that I'm glad when the jobs come here and sad when they go somewhere else. I'm not thrilled that people making silk shirts (which through some strange morality I can't really even explain to myself, I only buy second hand now) are made by people who are basically enslaved in China because they have done something that the Chinese Regnine believes is wrong, or that those lovely disney toys my nieces and nephews so loved were made by child labor (irony that) When everyone has decent choices regarding work day length, age at which they have to enter the work force, and pay reasonable to their needs, fine, but it's that there are people in this country making a pretty penny on stock, not lifting a finger, because they are invested in companies which exploit people. The profit margin on a pair of Nike shoes is obscene, given what the people who make 'em make. I don't buy them.

I also don't have an automobile, for other reasons. As I said, I make an imperfect effort. I wish I had more choices.

Susan.