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Omaha Steve

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Sun Apr 28, 2013, 09:04 PM Apr 2013

Buy American Mention of the Week, 4-28-13



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Buy American Mention of the Week

Re-thinking re-shoring

By Roger Simmermaker

April 28, 2013

Everyone has heard of outsourcing and offshoring, but not everyone realizes the negative economic consequences to the nation that results from the closing of domestic manufacturing plants and the shipping of those jobs overseas. Replacing American workers with foreign workers adds to our U.S. trade deficit, increases the unemployment rate, deprives our national treasury of tax revenue (workers in foreign countries don't pay taxes to America), and puts the formerly employed Americans in unemployment lines which works to further drain our national treasury.

Perhaps still fewer Americans realize that there are ways to combat the offshoring of our jobs to other countries, either by supporting patriotic organizations that have a proven track record of fighting the offshoring trend, by simply becoming more educated about American choices as consumers, or both.

By visiting www.reshorenow.org, you can learn about and lend your support to an organization that has helped keep jobs in America by showing companies contemplating offshoring American jobs the total cost of doing so and how it might not make monetary sense. How does www.reshorenow.org sway these companies to stay in the United States?

Most companies make sourcing decisions based on solely on price, resulting in a 20 to 30 percent miscalculation of actual offshoring costs. That 20 to 30 percent is enough, when realized, to keep companies from making sourcing decisions that will ultimately be detrimental to their own bottom lines.

FULL story at link.




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Roger Simmermaker is the author of How Americans Can Buy American and My Company ‘Tis of Thee: 50 Patriotic American Companies American Consumers Should Know About, and writes "Buy American Mention of the Week" articles for wnd.com and his website www.howtobuyamerican.com. Roger has a degree in Electronics Engineering Technology, is president of his local Machinists Union, has been a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, and Business Week among many other publications.


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Buy American Mention of the Week, 4-28-13 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2013 OP
A great resource BrotherIvan Apr 2013 #1

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
1. A great resource
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:28 PM
Apr 2013

I have visited reshorenow.org and found their information compelling. I wish more companies would make use of their tools t see how keeping production in the US is actually more profitable and results in higher quality, a more manageable chain of production, and better customer service.

The bottom line is, if consumers demand US made products, companies will respond. We have the power to do it.

I also shared on another thread an organization called Just Economics in North Carolina. They certify employers who pay a living wage. A great badge to put on products as well. I hope more of these pop up in every state to help consumers make better decisions.

http://justeconomicswnc.org/httpjusteconomicswnc-orghttpjusteconomicswnc-orgwp-contentuploads20111111-17-certified-employers-list-pdf/

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