An awareness-raising email!

ONE AT A TIME   This probably sounds crazy, but just yesterday I was in  Wal Mart looking for a wastebasket. I found some made in  China for $6.99. I didn't want to pay that much so I asked the  lady if they had any others. She took me to another department  and they had some at $2.50 made in USA. They are just as good.  Same as a kitchen rug I needed. I had to look, but I found some  made in the USA and they were $3.00 cheaper.   We are being brain washed that everything that comes from China and Mexico  is cheaper. Not so. That is also why I don't buy cards at Hallmark  anymore. They are made in China and are expensive. I buy  them at Dollar Tree....50 cents each and made in USA.  One Light Bulb at a Time  A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one  grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a  billion of them would.   With that thought in mind, read the following,  obviously written by a good American . . .   Good idea . . .. one light bulb at a time . .. ..    Check this out.  I can verify this because I was in Lowe’s the other day  for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose  attachments... They were all made in China .  The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked  the hose attachments there. They were made in USA. Start looking . . ...    In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do  affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I  think this lady is on the right track..  Let's get behind her!    My grandson likes Hershey's candy.  I noticed, though, that it is marked  made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.    My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico... now I have switched  to Crest.  You have to read the labels on everything....    This past weekend I was at Kroger . . . I needed 60W light bulbs and  Bounce dryer sheets.  I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally  buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value." I picked up both types  of bulbs and compared the stats  they were the same except for the  price . . ..  The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing  that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and  the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in a  company in Cleveland , Ohio.    So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day  that are made right here...    So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets... yep, you guessed it,  Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada... The Everyday Value brand  was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the  dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for  years and at almost half the price!    My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for  everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the  job you save may be your own or your neighbors!